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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
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.