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Historical Event on 1/19/1966

Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
8/12/1922Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.