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Historical Event on 1/19/1966
Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1948 | Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir. |
| 4/24/1994 | S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
| 7/2/1999 | The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area. |
| 3/31/1996 | Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
| 5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
| 2/6/1915 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP. |
| 1/10/1908 | Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal. |
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