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Historical Event on 12/19/1999

The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
8/20/1991Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
1/10/1998Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.