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Historical Event on 1/19/2000
M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
4/8/1991 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief. |
1/8/1995 | Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away. |
5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
4/12/2000 | Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani. |
3/31/1999 | The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched. |
8/18/1945 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan. |
12/10/1978 | Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. |
8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
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