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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
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
3/17/1882Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.