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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
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
6/30/1931June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
5/15/1864Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.