23rd April – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on 23rd of April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurre 23rd April

Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel won a number of awards, including a Critics’ Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Manoj Bajpai (born 23 April 1969), also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma’s 1998 film Satya.
Sishta Sreeramamurthy Janaki, popularly known as S. Janaki (born April 23, 1938) is an Indian playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi.
Akrit Jaswal (born April 23, 1993 ) is an Indian adolescent who has been hailed as a child prodigy who has gained fame in his native India as a physician, despite never having attended medical school. He gained fame for performing surgery at the age of seven.
Pandita Ramabai (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was a social reformer and activist in India. She was born as Brahmin Hindu, started Arya Mahila Samaj, later converted to Christianity, and served widows and helpless women of India.
 

Death anniversaries on 23rd  April

Satyajit Ray ( Shottojit Rae (help·info); 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist
Shamshad Begum (born April 14, 1919) is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times.
Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (c. 1925 – 23 April 2012) was an Indian film producer, director, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his work in Malayalam cinema, especially as the founder of Navodaya Studio.
Rajnarayan Chandavarkar (1953-April 23, 2006), was a Reader in the History and Politics of South Asia and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. Chandavarkar’s work engaged most directly with the processes involved in the formation of the industrial working classes in Mumbai.
Henry John Berridge Preston (25 October 1883 – 23 April 1964) was an English cricketer who played a total of 19 first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1907 and 1913. After retiring from first-class cricket, he had a spell as professional at Lancashire League side Nelson during the 1914

Notable Events:

1774 British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla’s army and captured Ruhelkhand.
1795 East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
1929 Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay
1930 Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
 

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