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Historical Event on 3/19/1911

Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1667Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.