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Historical Event on 3/19/1982

Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
7/16/1992Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.
2/9/1993Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.