Today Importance - 19th July
19-Jul-1309
Barkari poet-saint Sant Bisoba Khechra of Maharashtra, who was the yoga-guru of Saint Ramdev, took samadhi.
19-Jul-1763
Mir Qasim was defeated by the British in the Battle of 'Katwa'.
19-Jul-1925
Freedom fighter and politician Dinesh Singh was born in Kalakankar (UP).
19-Jul-1938
The great Indian space scientist and mathematician Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
19-Jul-1949
The Raja of Tehri Garhwal announced his accession to the Indian Union
.19-Jul-1952
India were bowled out for 82 runs in the second innings after scoring 52 runs at the start of the day.
19-Jul-1955
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny, an Indian medium pace all-rounder in the early eighties, was born in Bangalore.
19-Jul-1965
Death of the great revolutionary Batukeshwar Dutta.
19-Jul-1969
The Government of India nationalized 14 major commercial banks in India through a Presidential Ordinance.
19-Jul-1974
Ashes of revolutionary Udham Singh were brought from London to Delhi.
19-Jul-1987
Congress President Rajiv Gandhi V.P. was expelled. Singh and Ajitav from the Congress ordered a probe into Bachchan's overseas assets.
19-Jul-1990
The Planning Commission, in consultation with the States, decided to revise the Gadgil formula for central assistance to the States
19-Jul-1993
Late journalist Girilal Jain.
19-Jul-1994
The Tamil Nadu bill has received presidential assent to continue the 69% reservation policy in the state.
19-Jul-1998
The INSAT-2C satellite momentarily experienced a "bewilderment" - loss of earth lock.
19-Jul-1998
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was felt in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
19-Jul-2000
The Prime Minister said the Center had no standing in the Thackeray case and rejected the resignations of Shiv Sena candidates for the Union Cabinet - Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.