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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
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
7/20/1898Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat.
7/20/1898Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.