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Historical Event on 9/23/1911

Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).