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Historical Event on 5/19/1992

Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
10/29/1990Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).