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Historical Event on 8/19/1999

India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
7/5/1990G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
1/19/1966Indira 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.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.