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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
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
9/17/1799Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, an able leader and diplomat of Madhavrao Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
6/21/1997Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.
6/21/1997Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.