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Historical Event on 5/19/1990

S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
1/25/1932Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.