Historical Events on February 19.

1. Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (India)

2. 1389, 19th February: Assassination of Sultan Giasuddin Tughlaq II in Delhi.

3. 1942, 19th February: US President Roosevelt signed an order detaining Americans of Japanese descent following the Pearl Harbor attack.

4. 1985, 19th February: William J. Schroeder became the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.

5. 1986, 19th February: Computerized railway reservation ticket introduced in India.

6. 2003, 19th February: The Indian Union Cabinet approved a bill banning advertisements for tobacco products altogether.

7. 2004, 19th February: Approval of the Stockholm Treaty banning pesticides and industrial chemicals by more than 50 countries of the world.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 19.

1. 1473: Nicolaus Copernicus, a Renaissance-era mathematician, and astronomer.

2. 1630: Shivaji Maharaj, an Indian warrior-king and founder of the Maratha Empire.

3. 1859: Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist.

4. 1900: Balwantrai Mehta, an Indian politician and the 2nd Chief Minister of Gujarat state, India.

5. 1906: M. S. Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. 

6. 1922: Beant Singh, an Indian politician and the former Chief Minister of Punjab.

7. 1930: K.Viswanath, an Indian audiographer, director, screenwriter, and actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 19.

1. 1885: Munshi Nawal Kishore, a book publisher from India. 

2. 1915: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, an Indian liberal political leader, and a social reformer.

3. 1978: Pankaj Mullick, a popular Bengali Indian music composer, playback singer, and actor.

4. 1997: Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese politician.

5. 2015: Nirad Narayan Mohapatra, an Indian film director.

19-February-1389

Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.

19-February-1588

Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.

19-February-1670

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.

19-February-1812

Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).

19-February-1818

Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.

19-February-1855

U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.

19-February-1861

Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away.

19-February-1891

Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.

19-February-1895

Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.

19-February-1902

Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.

19-February-1911

Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.

19-February-1915

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.

19-February-1919

Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.

19-February-1922

Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.

19-February-1949

Mass arrests of communists in India.

19-February-1956

Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.

19-February-1974

Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.

19-February-1978

Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song "Piya Milan Ko Jaana".

19-February-1986

Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.

19-February-1992

A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.

19-February-1992

An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.

19-February-1992

The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.

19-February-1992

Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.

19-February-1993

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.

19-February-1993

SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.

19-February-1993

Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.

19-February-1994

Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.

19-February-1994

IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.

19-February-1995

National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.

19-February-1996

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.

19-February-1997

Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.

19-February-2000

18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.