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Historical Event on 11/19/1999
Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1971 | Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
| 8/13/1995 | Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 12/4/1920 | Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India. |
| 8/12/1952 | Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament. |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
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