Today History Nov 23

23-November-1897   Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.

23-November-1900   Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.

23-November-1908   Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.

23-November-1933   Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.

23-November-1937   Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, eminent scientist, passed away due to heart attack. In 1901, he proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". He founded Bose Research Institute in Calcutta and authored world famous books ""Response in Living and Non-Living""(1902) and ""Nervous Merchanism of Pl

23-November-1946   Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.

23-November-1990   Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away

23-November-1991   Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.

23-November-1991   India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.

23-November-1993   'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.

23-November-1994   100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.

23-November-1997   Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life.

23-November-1999   Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.