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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

19 July

🇮🇳 In India

1827 The revolutionary Mangal Pandey was born in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

1938 Indian physics scientist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was born.

1969 The Government of India took the decision to nationalize 14 major banks of the country.

🌎 Elsewhere

1848 On this day, the women's suffrage movement in the United States was launched with the opening of the Seneca Falls Convention, which sought to gain certain rights and privileges for women, notably the right to vote.

1896 A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist was born.

1977 The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).

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