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Historical Event on 11/19/1998

The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
10/11/1984Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.