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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 |
12/14/1924 | Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born. |
11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
8/27/1992 | The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment. |
11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
5/1/1897 | Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission. |
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