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Historical Event on 7/19/1969

Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
10/19/1974T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died.