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Historical Event on 2/19/2000
18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/4/1992 | RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi. |
9/8/1962 | Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration. |
9/18/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat . |
1/10/1980 | President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government. |
10/13/1679 | More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
8/6/1998 | The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force. |
9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
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