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Historical Event on 04/19/1451
Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 8/12/1905 | Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British. |
| 4/25/1998 | India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka. |
| 3/9/1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 2/7/1990 | Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
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