This Day in History on 19th March
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on 19th March. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
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Important Events
1842: Gopal Hari Deshmukh (Lokhitvadi) started writing ‘Shatshat’.
1877: Australia defeated England by 45 runs in the first international cricket test match.
1932: The Sydney Harbor Bridge was formally opened.
1962: Raja Kelkar Museum in Pune was opened to the public.
1965: Indonesia nationalized all foreign oil companies.
1972: A peace and friendship agreement signed between India and Bangladesh.
1998: Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the second time.
2001: West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh took his 500th wicket in a Test cricket match. He became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket.
Birthday / Anniversary
1821: Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
1897: Shankar Vishnu Chandekar ,‘Dada’ Chandekar – film composer
1900: Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, a French physicist.
1919: D. K. Pattammal, an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer
1936: Ursula Andress, a Swiss film and television actress.
1938: Sai Paranjpye, an Indian movie director and screenwriter.
1954: Indu Shahani, educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai.
1955: Bruce Willis, an American actor and film producer.
1982: Eduardo Saverin, a Brazilian entrepreneur, and angel investor. He is one of the co-founders of Facebook.
Death / Death Anniversary
1950: Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American speculative fiction writer. He is the creator of Tarzan.
1978: M A Ayyangar, the Deputy Speaker and then-Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the Indian parliament.
1982: J. B. Kripalani, an Indian politician.
1998: E. M. S. Namboodiripad, an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala.
2005: John DeLorean, an American engineer and inventor.
2008: Sir Arthur C. Clarke, an English science-fiction writer.
2015: Sasimani Debi, the last living Mahari or Devdasi of Jagannath temple.