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Historical Event on 2/19/1895
Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
3/9/1966 | India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state. |
1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
5/12/1930 | R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born. |
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