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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
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
9/11/1921Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.