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Historical Event on 12/19/1999

The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1968Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.