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Historical Event on 02/19/1588
Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
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| 12/15/1951 | Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
| 2/16/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India begins. |
| 2/16/1962 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 7/5/1992 | Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 6/24/1990 | Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
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