19th February- What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on 19th February in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 19th February

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), was a Maratha sovereign who founded the Maratha Empire, which, at its peak, covered much of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing a territory of over 2.8 million km². Shivaji as an aristocrat of the Bhosle clan led a resistance to free the Maratha people from the Sultanate of Bijapur

Sonu Walia (born 19 February 1964) is a Bollywood actress, winner of Miss India pageant and model. She is a daughter of an Indian Army officer, in a Punjabi-speaking family in New Delhi. A psychology graduate and a student of journalism, Walia took up modelling before she entered the Miss India contest.

Paresh Ganatra is an Indian television, stage and film actor. He is most known for his comic role in the 2005 hit, No Entry and the latest blockbuster, Rowdy Rathore. As a television actor, his work is well-noted for comedy series, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (2009), and as a participant in reality stand-up comedy series, Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka (2009) amongst others.

Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (February 19, 1906 – June 5, 1973), popularly known as Param Pujaniya Guruji , was the second “Sarsanghchalak” (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was a famous Hindu Nationalist leader of India.

Owen G Glenn, ONZM (born 19 February 1940) is an expatriate New Zealand businessman and philanthropist, who supports hundreds of humanitarian causes worldwide through his family

Death anniversaries on 19th February

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, CIE 9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society.

Nirmalamma (1920 – February 19, 2009) was an actress in the Telugu film industry of India. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. Her debut film was Garuda Garvabhangam in 1950. Nirmalamma has worked along with almost all famous artists in Telugu Cinema like P. B. Srinivas, NTR, ANR, S.V. Ranga Rao,

Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart KBE CB DSO MC (14 June 1885 – 19 February 1957), also known as “Hobo”, was a British military engineer, noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles (“Hobart’s Funnies”) that took part in the invasion of Normandy and later actions

Pankaj Mullick, also known as Pankaj Kumar Mullick Kumar Mollik; 10 May 1905 – 19 February 1978) was a Bengali Indian music director, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing,

Suresh Babu (10 February 1953 – 19 February 2011) was an Indian long jumper from Kerala who had held the national titles in the long, triple, and high jump events, in addition to the decathlon. He was one of the athletes to win medals in two events in successive Asian Games,