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Historical Event on 11/19/1997

22 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
1/31/1941Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.