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Historical Event on 11/19/1999

Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1909Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
11/15/1911Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
4/13/1988Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
8/8/2000S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga.
5/12/1966Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
6/24/1969Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.