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Historical Event on 5/19/1969

Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.