Daler Mehndi, an Indian singer, songwriter, author, and record producer, was born in 1967.
Daler Singh (born August 18, 1967) is an Indian singer, songwriter, author, and record producer better known as Daler Mehndi. He was instrumental in making Bhangra and Indian pop music popular outside of Bollywood. His dance songs, voice, turban, and long, flowing robes made him famous.
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William Jefferson Clinton, born August 19, 1946, is a politician from the United States who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
On this day, August 19, 1757, the East India Company minted its first rupee coin.
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In 1960, the Soviet Union launches the satellite Korabl-Sputnik 2 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats, and a variety of plants.
Sampooran Singh Kalra, also known as Gulzar, was an Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director who was born in 1934.
Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist who lived from 23 January 1897 to 18 August 1945.
The Indian Institute of Technology was founded in Kharagpur in 1951.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who was elected as the United Nations General Assembly's first female president in 1990.
In 1666, Shivaji escaped from Aurangzeb's interment in Agra in a fruit basket.
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian.
Mahesh Bhatt directed Naaraaz, a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film starring Mithun Chakraborty, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihotri, Sonali Bendre, and Gulshan Grover.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian politician and current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India, was born in 1959.
In 2018, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas announced their engagement in Mumbai, India, with an engagement party.