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Historical Event on 5/19/1990

S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
3/25/1971Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.