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Historical Event on 5/19/1990
S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 8/9/1969 | Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 2/14/1925 | Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born. |
| 4/19/1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
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