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Historical Event on 11/19/1999
New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1963 | East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 1/24/1980 | E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala. |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
| 2/6/1939 | Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 8/15/1995 | P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme. |
| 1/9/1915 | Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11. |
| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
| 6/9/1659 | Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
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