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Historical Event on 5/19/2000

A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.