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Historical Event on 4/23/1992

Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.