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Historical Event on 4/19/1996
AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 4/30/1843 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
| 12/22/1966 | U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India. |
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