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Historical Event on 11/19/2000

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/2000Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
2/10/1992Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.