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Historical Event on 11/19/1998

Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.