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Historical Event on 10/19/1983

Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
11/1/1996Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
12/26/1917Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
4/6/1955Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India.
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.