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Historical Event on 12/19/2000

A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.