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Historical Event on 6/19/1990

13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
4/26/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.