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Historical Event on 11/19/1994

Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
12/8/1999Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.