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Historical Event on 11/19/2000

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
8/7/1998The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.