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

What Happened Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 23 December 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 occurred 23rd December

Arbaaz Khan is an Indian actor ,director and film producer. Since making his debut in 1996, he has acted in many leading and supporting roles. He ventured into film production in Bollywood, Arbaaz Khan Productions, launched with Dabangg (2010) in which he also starred as the younger brother of Salman Khan.
Manish Makhija also known as Munish Makhija (born on 23 December 1968) is an Indian VJ, and Mumbai-based restaurateur, who is most known for his characters Udham Singh on Channel V’s The Udham Singh Show (1997), and Munna on UTV Bindass’s Cash Cab – Meter Chalu Hai . Makhija was born and brought up in Delhis
Naresh Goyal (born July 29, 1950) is an Indian businessman and founder Chairman of Jet Airways. He started operating Jet Airways in 1993. Following the 2005 IPO of Jet Airways, Forbes magazine declared him the sixteenth richest person in India with a net worth of $1.9 billion. Naresh Goyal took over Air Sahara giving his company 32% of the Indian travel market
Chaudhary Charan Singh   was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. Born into a Jat family in 1902, Charan Singh entered politics as part of the Independence Movement
Shelley Mathew Malil   was an American actor. Malil immigrated to the United States in 1974 and has appeared in a number of television shows and films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin. On December 16, 2010, in San Diego County Superior Court,

Death anniversaries on 23rd December :

Pamulaparti Venkata “Narasimha Rao” (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, politician, and activist who served as the ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–1996). He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao
Kannoth Karunakaran    was a senior stalwart politician from Kerala, India belonging to Indian National Congress party and was a close lieutenant of former Prime Ministers of India Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. Kannoth Karunakaran was a former Chief Minister of Kerala,
P. Kakkan (sometimes Kakkan) (Tamil: கக்கன்) (June 18, 1908 – December 23, 1981) was a Dalit leader, freedom fighter and Indian politician who served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, Member of Parliament, President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and in various ministerial posts in Congress Governments in the erstwhile Madras
Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa   is a Kannada poet, writer and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi by the Government of Karnataka on November 1, 2006. G.S. Shivarudrappa was born in Shikaripura, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka
Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (24 August 1793 – 23 December 1841) was a British civil servant in India, who played a major part in the First Anglo-Afghan War. He was the second son of Sir Francis Macnaghten, Bart., judge of the supreme courts of Madras and Calcutta, and was educated at Charterhouse

Notable Events:

1845: Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born
1889  Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born
1990  Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer’s leader, was born.
1900  Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.

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