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Historical Event on 1/19/1997
Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/18/1933 | Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m. |
3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
3/8/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
3/24/1946 | British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence. |
11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
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