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Historical Event on 12/19/1917
Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1831 | The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta. |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 5/22/1993 | Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan. |
| 8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
| 8/8/1968 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 5/3/1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India. |
| 3/30/1999 | Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam. |
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