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Historical Event on 11/19/1993
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1930 | Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay. |
| 2/21/1997 | Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai. |
| 2/21/1997 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 6/3/1818 | Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. |
| 6/3/1818 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 10/6/2000 | Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers. |
| 1/4/1992 | The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 8/3/1780 | British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya. |
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