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Historical Event on 4/23/1928
Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1965 | Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 9/24/1997 | E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore. |
| 12/28/1951 | Recognition to Libya by India accorded. |
| 12/28/1951 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
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