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Historical Event on 5/19/1982

Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.