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Historical Event on 6/19/1996

Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
11/9/1980P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.