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Historical Event on 3/23/1911
Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1952 | The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
| 12/1/1951 | Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta. |
| 1/14/1851 | Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 1/1/1932 | Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started. |
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