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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
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
9/10/1920Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.