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Historical Event on 4/19/1998

Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
8/18/1896Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.