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Historical Event on 2/19/2000

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
5/19/1993S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.