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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.

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12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
1/25/1880Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
3/6/2000India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
7/12/1920Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.