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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.
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| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 12/27/1990 | Central Govt. introduces fresh direct tax proposals to raise additional Rs. 810 crore by raising income tax and fixing limits for deduction of depreciation. |
| 10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
| 12/4/1959 | Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation. |
| 8/22/1987 | Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
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