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Historical Event on 7/19/1969

Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
1/16/1916Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
1/1/1903A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.