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Historical Event on 6/19/1995

India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
4/13/1989Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.