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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 |
05/26/1906 | 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"". |
11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
08/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
05/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
12/23/1900 | Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born. |
10/18/1968 | Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur. |
02/09/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
09/21/1962 | Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident. |
07/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
08/03/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
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