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Historical Event on 8/19/1947
Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1999 | US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives. |
| 2/12/1932 | Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
| 8/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
| 3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 1/15/1947 | Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
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