Today in Indian History
Events for February 19

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

19-February-1389	Sultan Ghiyasu' d-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.
19-February-1588	Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
19-February-1670	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.
19-February-1812	Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma.)
19-February-1818	Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
19-February-1855	U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
19-February-1861	Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away.
19-February-1891	Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
19-February-1895	Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
19-February-1902	Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.
19-February-1911	Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
19-February-1915	Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
19-February-1919	Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
19-February-1922	Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.
19-February-1949	Mass arrests of communists in India.
19-February-1956	Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
19-February-1974	Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
19-February-1978	Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaan
19-February-1986	Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
19-February-1992	A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
19-February-1992	An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
19-February-1992	The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
19-February-1992	Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
19-February-1993	German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
19-February-1993	SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.
19-February-1993	Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
19-February-1994	Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
19-February-1994	IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
19-February-1995	National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
19-February-1996	Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
19-February-1997	Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
19-February-2000	18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.