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Historical Event on 11/19/2000

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
12/15/1950Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
5/30/1977The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.