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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
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
7/3/199625 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.