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Historical Event on 6/19/1997
Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 8/13/1638 | Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. |
| 5/27/1964 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74. |
| 12/3/1955 | In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union. |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 2/13/1856 | East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 8/26/1967 | Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away. |
| 9/18/1958 | Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/5/1952 | U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi. |
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