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Historical Event on 11/19/1961
World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 5/24/1956 | Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated. |
| 12/22/1966 | U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 9/29/1993 | JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections. |
| 9/29/1993 | Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
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