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Historical Event on 2/19/1861
Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1911 | Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 7/7/1992 | Truckers call off strike. |
| 11/18/1839 | P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
| 3/22/1938 | IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860. |
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