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Historical Event on 2/19/1992
The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 5/20/1994 | Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden. |
| 7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 3/4/1995 | Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests. |
| 3/17/1991 | The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91). |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
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