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Historical Event on 3/23/1911

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1987Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
2/25/1894Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.