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Historical Event on 5/19/2000

A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.