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Historical Event on 11/19/1999

New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
7/31/1914Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma).
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.