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Historical Event on 2/19/1993
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 1/4/1998 | V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 9/8/1997 | English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 11/21/1914 | Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
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