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Historical Event on 6/19/1949
People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 4/30/1999 | Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 11/13/1780 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born. |
| 2/28/1928 | C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'. |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
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