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Historical Event on 5/19/1953
State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1960 | Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
| 11/1/1999 | Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 7/26/2000 | The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC. |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
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