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Historical Event on 3/23/1911

Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.