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Historical Event on 9/19/1997
Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 7/8/1918 | Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy. |
| 2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 4/18/1914 | Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur. |
| 7/26/1910 | Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination. |
| 4/17/1990 | Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away. |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
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