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Historical Event on 6/19/1901

Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.

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7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.