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Historical Event on 1/3/1919

Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
7/20/1969Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
3/16/1877Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".