Indian history of 19th july

1.  Saint Visoba Khechar passed away. (Samadhee).19-July-1309

2.  Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.19-July-1763

3.  Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).19-July-1925

4.  Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.19-July-1938

5.  Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.19-July-1949

6.  India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.19-July-1952

7.  Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.19-July-1955

8.  Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.19-July-1965

9.  Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.19-July-1969

10. Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.19-July-1974

11. Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad.19-July-1987

12. Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.19-July-1990

13. Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.19-July-1993

14. The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.19-July-1994

15. The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.19-July-1998

16. Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.19-July-1998

17. The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.19-July-2000