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Historical Event on 8/19/1999
India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1955 | Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal). |
| 2/3/1900 | Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/22/1963 | The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 10/17/1994 | Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay. |
| 5/25/1999 | The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
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