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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.