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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
Date | Event Name |
03/19/1848 |
Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'. |
03/19/1907 |
Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
03/19/1911 |
Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"". |
03/19/1935 |
British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
03/19/1936 |
Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
03/19/1936 |
Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
03/19/1939 |
Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad. |
03/19/1944 |
Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'. |
03/19/1954 |
The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
03/19/1962 |
Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people. |
03/19/1972 |
India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years. |
03/19/1973 |
Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47. |
03/19/1982 |
President's rule in Assam. |
03/19/1982 |
Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
03/19/1990 |
Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions. |
03/19/1995 |
Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away. |
03/19/1996 |
Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry. |
03/19/1997 |
BJP and BSP agree for a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh. |
03/19/1998 |
BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
03/19/1998 |
Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district. |
03/19/1998 |
E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
03/19/1999 |
Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare. |
03/19/1999 |
The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar. |
03/19/2000 |
Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades. |
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/28/1974 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died. |
12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
01/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
12/01/1989 | A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim. |
06/27/1966 | D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968. |
10/22/1913 | Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan. |
02/07/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
10/28/1929 | Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born. |
02/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
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