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Historical Event on 1/19/2000
Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
6/15/1908 | Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened. |
9/5/1793 | Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala. |
10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
9/30/1997 | Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff. |
10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
6/28/1924 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
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