19 DEC HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for December 19

19-December-1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.

19-December-1860Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died.

19-December-1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.

19-December-1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.

19-December-1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.

19-December-1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.

19-December-1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.

19-December-1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.

19-December-1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.

19-December-1969Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda.

19-December-1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.

19-December-19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.

19-December-1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.

19-December-1994Critical stores of IAF were de-inducted by AN-124 contracted by UN. Bulky stores were brought by ship Mogadishu.

19-December-1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.

19-December-1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.

19-December-1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.

19-December-2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.

19-December-2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition cas