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Historical Event on 11/19/2000

Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
9/17/1937Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.