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Historical Event on 8/19/1993

Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.
3/17/1769Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).