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Historical Event on 10/19/1921

Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
1/22/1906Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.