Important Events in 1045 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1045: Taimurlang passed away.

Important Events in 1697 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1697: Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.

Important Events in 1839 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1839: Aden conquered by British East India Company.

Important Events in 1855 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1855: G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.

Important Events in 1892 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1892: Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.

Important Events in 1905 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1905: Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.

Important Events in 1907 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1907: Mohammad Ali Mirza was crowned as the “Shah-E-Iran” in a grand function held in Royal Palace, Tehran. This coronation was performed on the precious throne “Thakt-E-Taus” which was made by Emperor Shahjahan, and was taken away from India during the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1738 AD.

Important Events in 1910 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1910: Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born.

Important Events in 1919 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1919: Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born.
• 1919: Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.

Important Events in 1931 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1931: The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.

Important Events in 1932 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1932: Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.

Important Events in 1948 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1948: India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.

Important Events in 1951 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1951: Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.

Important Events in 1960 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1960: Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.

Important Events in 1963 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1963: Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.

Important Events in 1966 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1966: Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.

Important Events in 1976 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1976: C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.

Important Events in 1977 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1977: World’s largest crowd–12.7 million–gather for Indian religious festival ‘Kumbh Mela’.

Important Events in 1982 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1982: Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
• 1982: Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.

Important Events in 1985 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1985: Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.

Important Events in 1987 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1987: Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.

Important Events in 1990 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1990: Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
• 1990: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh “Osho”, Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.

Important Events in 1992 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1992: Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away.

Important Events in 1994 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1994: CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.

Important Events in 1995 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1995: Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
• 1995: Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.

Important Events in 1996 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1996: Upendranath ‘Ashk’, noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.

Important Events in 1997 – Indian History on 19 January

• 1997: Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
• 1997: Air India triumphs in the National Women’s Cricket championship in Calcutta.
• 1997: Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.

Important Events in 2000 – Indian History on 19 January

• 2000: M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
• 2000: Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women’s National Hockey championship.