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Historical Event on 11/19/2000
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
1/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
9/18/1958 | Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away. |
12/12/1989 | Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor. |
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