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Historical Event on 7/19/1998

The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
3/4/1990Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
10/14/1985Assam Ganparishad established.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.