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Historical Event on 8/19/1944

The last Japanese troops driven out of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
12/20/1987Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.