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Historical Event on 3/19/1939
Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
10/6/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
5/26/1946 | Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances. |
2/10/1897 | Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P). |
6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
9/6/1657 | Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne. |
9/11/1911 | Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991. |
12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
10/4/1977 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption. |
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