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Historical Event on 12/19/1999

The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
11/18/19371,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year.
11/18/1937Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
7/21/1891Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
9/24/1999The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.