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Historical Event on 2/19/1911

Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.