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Historical Event on 1/19/1966
Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1991 | Import curbs on capital goods relaxed. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 6/2/1988 | Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 12/20/1757 | Clauk became Governor of Bengal. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
| 9/1/1999 | Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi. |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/26/1946 | Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell. |
| 2/6/1937 | Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born. |
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