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Historical Event on 6/19/1747

Nadirshaha passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
10/5/1805Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
10/9/1942Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.
3/25/1983Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.