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Historical Event on 11/19/1997
1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 10/27/1907 | Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 1/22/1666 | Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 1/6/1818 | Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
| 4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
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