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Historical Event on 8/19/1992

K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
7/29/1802Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
12/8/1994At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.