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Historical Event on 5/23/1903

Gemini Roy, famous Painter, joined Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
5/29/1979Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country.
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.