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Historical Event on 11/19/1994
Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/26/1915 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State. |
3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
9/4/1990 | Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee. |
6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
5/18/1974 | Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement. |
9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
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