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Historical Event on 9/19/2000

India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
7/28/1912Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
1/22/1922Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.