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Historical Event on 11/19/1977
Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 8/17/1916 | Amritlal Naagar was born. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 9/19/1927 | Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
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