June 19 Today in Indian History
Historical Events
- 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
Famous Birthdays
Salman Rushdie
1947 Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses), born in Mumbai, India
- 1970 Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
Famous Deaths
- 1949 Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher, dies at 64
- 2008 Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
- 2009 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, dies of kidney failure at 87
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