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Historical Event on 11/19/1998
The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 10/10/1990 | Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60. |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 12/17/1830 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
| 8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 1/21/1908 | Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed. |
| 10/27/1605 | Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra. |
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