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Historical Event on 3/19/2000
Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1999 | The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue. |
| 3/7/1961 | Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 3/25/1963 | Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away. |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 1/23/1997 | Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
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