Dallas Indian Community - DallasIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 11/19/1994

Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.