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Historical Event on 11/23/1919

Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
3/18/1974Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.