19th November- What Happened Today In History? | On This Day In History

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 19th November 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 November.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term (1980–84). Gandhi was the second female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka.

Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi (c.19 November 1835 – 17 June 1858) was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi, situated in the north-central part of India. She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in the subcontinent.

Zeenat Aman (born 19 November 1951) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second runner-up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win Miss Asia Pacific in 1970.

Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music composer, who mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Malayalam films. He was also a poet and a playwright. He is affectionately called Salilda by his admirers. His musical genius was widely recognized and acknowledged in the Indian film industry.

Keshub Chandra Sen(19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was an Indian Bengali Hindu philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu thought. Born a Hindu, he became a member of the Brahmo Samaj in 1856 but founded his own breakaway “Brahmo Samaj of India” in 1866.

Death anniversaries on 19th November :

M. N. Nambiar (5 March 1919 – 19 November 2008), born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar, was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years. Born on 7 March 1919 to Kelu Nambiar and Lakshmi in Cherupazhassi village, Kannur in a Nambiar family of North Malabar a descendent of Pazhassi Raja family.

Titumir (1782 – 1831) was a rebel against the Zamindars and British colonial system in 19th century Bengal, a part of British India. He rebelled against them and put up an armed resistance. Along with his followers, he built a Bamboo fort (Bansher-Kella in Bengali) which passed into Bengali folk legend.

Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM, OBE, RA (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style. Spence was born in Bombay, India, the son of Urwin Archibald Spence, an assayer with the Royal Mint.

Channaiah Odeyar (died November 19, 2007) was a former Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Davangere in Karnataka.

Notable Events: 

• 1530 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes
• 1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast
• 1805 Lewis & Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west

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