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Historical Event on 5/19/1993

Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
9/27/1873Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
9/22/2000Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.