Year 1805
Lord Wellesley, Governor General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.
MAY 23
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23 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 23 May.
Observances & Special Days
Constitution Day (Germany)
World Turtle Day
Year 1829
Cyrill Damien patented the accordion.
Year 1903
Gemini Roy, the famous Painter, joined the Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.
Year 1947
The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
Year 1951
Tibet signed a 17-point agreement with China for the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
Year 1956
A bill to nationalize the life insurance business was passed.
Year 1967
South Gujrat University was established.
Year 1984
Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth woman in the world to achieve this feat.
Year 1995
TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law is proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
Year 1995
The first edition of the Java programming language was released.
Year 2008
India successfully test-fired the missile Prithvi-2.
Born 1052
Philip I, the king of France.
Born 1707
Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician.
Born 1919
Maharani Gayatri Devi, the third Maharani consort of Jaipur.
Born 1923
Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
Born 1924
Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
Born 1926
P. Govinda Pillai, an Indian veteran Communist Party leader.
Born 1931
Sharad Joshi, a famous Hindi poet, playwright, and journalist, was born.
Born 1942
K. Raghavendra Rao, an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and choreographer.
Born 1965
Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
Born 1942
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
Born 1945
Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
Died 1884
Surendra Sai, an Indian freedom fighter.
Died 1895
Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
Died 1906
Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.
Died 1937
John Davison Rockefeller Sr, an American business magnate, and philanthropist.
Died 1960
Georges Claude, a French engineer, and inventor.
Died 1975
P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
Died 2014
Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921)
Died 2014
Anand Modak, Indian composer, and director (b. 1951)