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Historical Event on 11/19/1997
1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
| 7/22/1999 | J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 2/6/1994 | Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
| 5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
| 5/13/1956 | Origin of Fasli Era (India). |
| 3/26/1999 | 14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 7/10/2000 | Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles. |
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