19 March – This Day in History
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On this page, we will list all historical events that have occurred on 19 March. The students can refer 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’.
- 1962: Raja Kelkar Museum in Pune was opened to the public.
- 1972: India-Bangladesh friendship agreement was signed.
- 1932: The Sydney Harbor Bridge was formally opened.
Birthday / Anniversary:
- 1954 : Indu Shahani, educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai.
- 1938: Sai Parānjpye is a movie director and a screenwriter
- 1936: Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
- 1900: Jean Frederic Joliot
- 1897: Shankar Vishnu Chandekar ,‘Dada’ Chandekar – film composer
- 1821: Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
Death / Death Anniversary:
- 1978: M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
- 1982: J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
- 1998: E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
- 2008: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist.