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Historical Event on 11/19/2000

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1948The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.