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Historical Event on 2/19/1993

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
4/13/1851Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
4/13/1851Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
11/6/1910Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras.
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.