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Historical Event on 12/19/1952
Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1993 | Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated. |
| 4/15/1901 | Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 8/1/1932 | Meena Kumari, film actress, was born. |
| 7/17/1903 | Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born. |
| 9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 7/20/1991 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 1/12/1993 | Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested. |
| 5/23/1996 | Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha. |
| 6/26/1995 | Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population. |
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