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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
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
11/18/1937Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
5/29/1979Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
12/20/1942Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
5/8/1725John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.