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Historical Event on 11/19/1998

Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
7/3/1838Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
7/4/1902Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
6/8/1929Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore.
1/17/1833William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.