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Historical Event on 10/19/1907

Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.