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Historical Event on 6/19/1990

NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.