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Historical Event on 1/19/1985

Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
5/30/1955Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
10/21/1999Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.