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Historical Event on 11/19/1994

Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
10/18/1901Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.