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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
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
9/4/1921British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
9/18/1958Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.