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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 |
05/01/1964 | Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh. |
05/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
03/02/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
01/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
01/23/1977 | Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party. |
02/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
09/08/1952 | The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva. |
04/07/1993 | Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand. |
07/18/1980 | Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit. |
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