|
|
Historical Event on 5/23/1903
Gemini Roy, famous Painter, joined Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 3/5/1868 | Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 7/31/1988 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
