February19

National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.

Mass arrests of communists in India.

Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.

Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.

Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.

Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.

Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.

U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.

Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.

Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.

Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.

IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.

Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.

Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.

Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.

Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.

Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away.

Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.

Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.

Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song "Piya Milan Ko Jaana".

18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.

A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.

An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.

The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.

SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.

Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.