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Historical Event on 5/19/1990

S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
4/4/1999India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
12/8/1900Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.