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Historical Event on 11/19/1999

Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.