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Historical Event on 1/19/1966

Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
6/6/1969Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
11/7/1971India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.