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Historical Event on 6/19/2000

Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
3/2/1933Anandji, famous music director, was born.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.