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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 |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 2/16/1932 | Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc. |
| 12/13/1994 | Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
| 10/11/1994 | Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42. |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 5/1/1992 | Seperate secretariat was established for primary education. |
| 10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
| 9/10/1858 | Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born. |
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