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Historical Event on 8/19/1999
India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1995 | Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP. |
| 9/22/1891 | Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
| 9/27/1993 | Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). |
| 4/18/1971 | Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay. |
| 5/20/1957 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad. |
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