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Historical Event on 2/19/1995

National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
1/2/1930Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died.
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.