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Historical Event on 6/19/1999

The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
7/28/1939Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.