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Historical Event on 5/19/1992
Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
10/17/1999 | Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
4/14/1925 | Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi. |
4/14/1925 | Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'. |
1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
1/18/1971 | Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49. |
9/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
2/13/1977 | Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away. |
1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
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