19th March – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 19th March 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 March

Tanushree Dutta ( born 19 March 1984) is an Indian model who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former beauty queen, she won the Femina Miss India universe title in 2004.

Mohan Babu (born Manchu Bakthavatsalam Naidu) is an actor and producer in Telugu Cinema. He is also an educationist and a former Member of Parliament – Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. He received the Padma Shri in 2007.

Sai Parānjpye (born 19 March 1938) is a movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor, and Disha.

Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda is an Indian politician who was the 26th Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka, India. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on August 4th 2011 after being selected as Legislative Party Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka.

Indu Shahani (born March 19, 1954) Principal of H.R College was appointed the Sheriff of Mumbai on Jan 5, 2008 and is now serving her third term. She is the principal of H R College of Commerce and Economics in South Mumbai since 2000.

Death anniversaries on 19th March

Raghuvaran (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films.

Navin Nischol (18 March 1946 – 19 March 2011) was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970. Navin Nischol studied in Rashtriya Military School Bangalore erstwhile King George Royal India Military College, Bangalore. His roll number was 606.

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad, [Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Nambudirippadu], June 13, 1909 – March 19, 1998), popularly known as E. M. S., was an Indian Communist leader.

Mohammad Ali (November 10, 1938 – March 19, 2006) was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat, means The Emperor of Emotions.

Saadat Ali Khan (b. c. 1680 – d. 19 March 1739) was the Subahdar Nawab of Awadh from 26 January 1722 to 1739, and the son of Muhammad Nasir.

Notable Events:

1935 British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23

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’.

1954 The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.

1962 Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.

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