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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 12/3/1998 | India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology. |
| 6/13/1998 | India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad. |
| 4/29/1936 | Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 2/25/1968 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 8/29/1923 | Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur. |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
| 3/31/1992 | Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue. |
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