19 December in Hindu history
19 December 1927
Bismil, Ashfaqulla and Roshan Singh hanged
For the Kakori action, Ram Prasad Bismil is hanged at Gorakhpur, Ashfaqulla Khan at Faizabad and Thakur Roshan Singh at Allahabad. Rajendra Lahiri had been hanged two days earlier at Gonda.
19 December 1961
Goa liberated
Operation Vijay ends 451 years of Portuguese rule in Goa, Daman and Diu in about two days. Goa Liberation Day is kept on this date.