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Historical Event on 4/19/1997

I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.