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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
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
6/9/1948Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.