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Historical Event on 3/23/1992

G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.