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Historical Event on 6/19/2000

Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
6/3/1992M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
10/23/1999The chargesheet in Bofors case is a legal triumph, said Mr. Advani. But Congress(I) calls it as a political vendetta.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
2/19/1670Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
12/12/1959Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.