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Historical Event on 5/19/1980

T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.