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Historical Event on 3/19/1998

E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
10/29/1962China attacked India.
10/29/1962Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.