19th May- What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 19th May 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 on 19th May.

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949), was the sole assassin of Mahatma Gandhi—the pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism in British ruled India and apostle of non-violence—shooting Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range on 30 January 1948 in New Delhi.
Ruskin Bond, born 19 May 1934 in Kasauli Distt Solan, is an Indian author of British descent. In 1992, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, given by the Sahitya Academy, India’s National Academy of Literature. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children’s literature.
Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language. His rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s, marked the coming of age of Modern Indian play writing in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did it in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.

Death anniversaries on 19th May:

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904) was an Indian industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India’s biggest conglomerate company. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India.
Janaki Ramachandran , popularly known as V.N. Janaki (November 30, 1923 – May 19, 1996), was an Indian Tamil actress and politician. She was born to Rajagopal Iyer and Narayani Amma in the town of Vaikom in Kerala State.

Notable Events:

In the year 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte founded Legion of Honour, the reputed French order. The famous Indian to have received it includes JRD Tata, Satyajit Ray, Amitabh Bachchan, and most recently Shah Rukh Khan.
In the year 1954, Government of India constituted national film board and also took the decision that a film production bureau as well as a film institute will be established.
In the year 1995, Balamurali Ambati, the Indian American child prodigy entered his name on Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest doctor in the world at the age of 17.