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Historical Event on 8/19/1977
Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
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| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
| 10/2/1972 | Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 8/12/1997 | Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai. |
| 12/26/1921 | Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P). |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 5/22/1991 | Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June. |
| 7/15/1903 | Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/26/1992 | BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar. |
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