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Historical Event on 12/23/1964
India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/13/1893 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away. |
2/26/1857 | First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
8/19/1993 | Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died. |
12/3/1889 | Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal. |
9/23/1974 | First NCC Airforce Squadran (Women) was established at Vanasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan. |
2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
1/24/1980 | E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala. |
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