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Historical Event on 1/19/1997

Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
3/15/1936Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
11/7/1858Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
3/4/1939Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.
9/21/1994Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.