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Historical Event on 11/19/1993

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
3/25/1971Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
3/16/1999Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.