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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 |
10/28/1947 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K. |
08/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
05/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
06/11/1998 | Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand. |
02/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
10/26/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas. |
01/30/1999 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna. |
10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
04/29/1979 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93. |
10/16/1906 | Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad. |
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