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Historical Event on 4/23/1992
Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/19/1997 | 22 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people. |
11/20/1969 | The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings. |
7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
12/15/1999 | The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
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