Year 1842
Gopal Hari Deshmukh (Lokhitvadi) started writing 'Shatshat'.
MARCH 19
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19 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 19 March.
Year 1877
Australia defeated England by 45 runs in the first international cricket test match.
Year 1932
The Sydney Harbor Bridge was formally opened.
Year 1962
Raja Kelkar Museum in Pune was opened to the public.
Year 1965
Indonesia nationalized all foreign oil companies.
Year 1972
A peace and friendship agreement signed between India and Bangladesh.
Year 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the second time.
Year 2001
West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh took his 500th wicket in a Test cricket match. He became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket.
Born 1821
Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
Born 1897
Shankar Vishnu Chandekar ,'Dada' Chandekar - film composer
Born 1900
Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, a French physicist.
Born 1919
D. K. Pattammal, an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer
Born 1936
Ursula Andress, a Swiss film and television actress.
Born 1938
Sai Paranjpye, an Indian movie director and screenwriter.
Born 1954
Indu Shahani, educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai.
Born 1955
Bruce Willis, an American actor and film producer.
Born 1982
Eduardo Saverin, a Brazilian entrepreneur, and angel investor. He is one of the co-founders of Facebook.
Died 1950
Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American speculative fiction writer. He is the creator of Tarzan.
Died 1978
M A Ayyangar, the Deputy Speaker and then-Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the Indian parliament.
Died 1982
J. B. Kripalani, an Indian politician.
Died 1998
E. M. S. Namboodiripad, an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala.
Died 2005
John DeLorean, an American engineer and inventor.
Died 2008
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, an English science-fiction writer.
Died 2015
Sasimani Debi, the last living Mahari or Devdasi of Jagannath temple.