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Historical Event on 11/19/1997

1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.