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Historical Event on 11/19/1993

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
10/1/1903Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay