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Historical Event on 4/23/1913
Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/29/1979 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93. |
1/29/1975 | West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2. |
5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
6/11/1932 | Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born. |
6/11/1932 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
4/1/1962 | Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations. |
7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
5/3/1962 | Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
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