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Historical Event on 1/3/1919

Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
5/3/1959Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh).
9/1/1893Kashinath Tryambak Telang, first Maharashtrian Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, died.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
1/1/1949A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated.