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Historical Event on 5/19/1990

S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
8/13/1953Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).