19th May’20 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 19th of 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 occur 19th of May

 
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948. Godse, an advocate of Hindu nationalism, from Pune, Maharashtra.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor, known for his works in Hindi cinema. An alumnus of the National School of Drama, Siddiqui’s breakthrough role was with Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday (2007), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Sid Sriram (born as Siddharth SriRam on 19 May 1990) is an Indian-American music producer, playback singer, and songwriter. He is an R&B songwriter, singer and performer, and works in the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industries.
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian
Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children’s literature in India.
 

Notable Moments

 
1796 Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
1951 Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.
1954 The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
1969 Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
1971 Indian Navy’s first submarine station started at ‘Veer Bahu’ in Visakhapatanam.
 

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