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Historical Event on 11/19/1994
Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/11/1989 | In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in. |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
| 4/22/1983 | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85. |
| 5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
| 11/1/1990 | JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support. |
| 6/23/1985 | Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died. |
| 5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
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