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Historical Event on 11/19/1999
New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
3/26/1972 | The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
11/17/1999 | India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'. |
8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
5/17/1992 | Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed. |
1/1/1920 | P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi. |
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