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Historical Event on 10/19/1999

Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .