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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Today Importance - 19th February

19-Feb-1389

Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah, Emperor of Delhi passed away.

19-Feb-1588

Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish Governor-General of the Dutch East-Indies, is born.

19-Feb-1670

Birth of the great Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

19-Feb-1812

Congregational missionary, 23-year-old Adoniram Judson and his 22-year-old wife Anne first left New England for Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his work on Burma).

19-Feb-1818

Bapu Gokhale, the last general of the Maratha Empire, died.

19-Feb-1855

U V Swaminathan Iyer, Mahamahopadhyay Tamil writer, is born.

19-Feb-1861

The great nationalist queen Rashmani, who forced the abolition of taxes on fishing in the river, tactfully closed off trade on her part of the Ganges.

19-Feb-1891

Amrita Bazar Patrika became a daily newspaper.

19-Feb-1895

Legendary philanthropist, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and leading industrialist Munshi Nabal Kishore passed away at the age of 59.

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International Vegan Cuisine Month ,

American Hearth Month , National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month , National Snack Food Month , Spay /Neater Awareness Month , National African American Read in , National Children's Dental Hearth Month , Human Relations Month , Feline Fixby Five Month , National Macadamia Nut Month , Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month , Berry Fresh Month , National Therapeutic Recreation Month, Marijuana Awareness Month , National Goat Yoga Month , Financial Aid Awareness Month , Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month , National Mend a Broken Heart Month , National Wedding Month , Canned Food Month ,North American Inclusion Month National Black History Month , Raynaud's Awareness Month , Renaissance of the Hearth Month

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19-Feb-1902

Pandit Lallu Ram was appointed Professor of Hindi at Fort William College, Calcutta.

19-Feb-1911

Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), born in Calcutta, India.

19-Feb-1915

Social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale passed away.

19-Feb-1919

The great Marathi storyteller Arvind Gokhale was born.

19-Feb-1922

Bayant Singh, former Chief Minister and politician of Punjab, was born. He played an important role in suppressing terrorist activities in Punjab.

19-Feb-1949

Mass arrests of communists in India.

19-Feb-1956

Veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and PSP president Acharya Narendra Dev passed away.

19-Feb-1974

Bombay High oil reserves found in the sea near Mumbai.

19-Feb-1978

Noted Bengali music director and playback singer Pankaj Mallick passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song "Piya Milan Ko Jana".

19-Feb-1986

Computerized Railway Ticket Reservation System has been introduced at New Delhi Railway Station.

19-Feb-1992

A 12-member Congress(I) TUJS coalition government was sworn in in Tripura under the leadership of SR Burman.

19-Feb-1992

The lowest voter turnout recorded in the Punjab Assembly elections was around 30%.

19-Feb-1992

The ruling Congress party won the local elections in Punjab, where Sikhs boycotted.

19-Feb-1992

Renowned painter Sridhar Narayan Bendre passed away.

19-Feb-1993

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.

19-Feb-1993

SC Jameer has been elected Congress(I) Legislative Party Leader in Nagaland.

19-Feb-1993

Salseng C Marak has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Congress-I in Meghalaya.

19-Feb-1994

Dasyu Rani Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi has been released on parole after serving 11 years in prison.

19-Feb-1994

IRBM Agni missile successfully test-fired for third time.

19-Feb-1995

National Research Center for Oil Palm (NRCOP), India's only institute exclusively dedicated to oil palm research.

19-Feb-1996

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.

19-Feb-1997

Massive explosion at ONGC oil field in Devrapalli, Andhra Pradesh

19-Feb-2000

Eighteen people were killed when the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail caught fire between Dushkera and Savda stations near Bhusawal, about 433 km from Mumbai.