Today in History – November 22| Important Events, Birthdays & Deaths
23 नवंबर इतिहास के पन्नों में – आज के दिन
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- 1165 – पोप एलेक्जेंडर तृतीय निर्वासन के बाद रोम वापस लौटे।
- 1744 – ब्रिटिश प्रधानमंत्री जान कार्टरे ने इस्तीफा दिया।
- 1890 – इटली में आम चुनाव हुये।
- 1892 – लोमानी कांगो के युद्ध में बेल्जियम ने अरब को हराया।
- 1904 – अमेरिका के सेंट लुईस में तीसरे ओलंपिक खेलों का समापन।
- 1946 – वियतनाम के हैफ्योंग शहर में फ्रांसीसी नौसेना के जहाज में लगी भीषण आग, छह हजार लोगों की मौत।
- 1983 – भारत में पहली बार राष्ट्रमंडल शिखर सम्मेलन का आयोजन हुआ।
- 1984 – लंदन के व्यस्ततम ऑक्सफोर्ड सर्कस स्टेशन पर आग लगने से क़रीब एक हज़ार लोग फंस गए थे।
- 1996- इथियोपिया के एक अपहृत विमान का ईंधन समाप्त होने पर वो हिंद महासागर में जा गिरा. इस विमान में चालक दल सहित कुल 175 लोग सवार थे जिनमें से कम से कम 100 लोग मारे गए।
- 1997 – साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार विजेता निराद सी चौधरी ने अपने जीवन के 100 वर्ष पूरे किये।
- 2002 – जी-20 की बैठक नई दिल्ली में शुरू।
- 2006 – अमेरिका ने रूस की जेट निर्माण कम्पनी सुखोई से प्रतिबंध हटाया।
- 2007 – आस्ट्रेलिया में हुए चुनाव में लेबर पार्टी की जीत हुई।
- 2008- जम्मू-कश्मीर विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए मतदान के दूसरे चरण में 65% वोट डाले गये।
- 2009 – फिलीपींन्स में 32 मीडियाकर्मियों की हत्या।
23 नवंबर को जन्मे व्यक्ति
- 1901 – नवकृष्ण चौधरी – उड़ीसा के दूसरे मुख्यमंत्री थे।
- 1914 – कृश्न चन्दर – हिन्दी और उर्दू के यशस्वी कहानीकार थे।
- 1926 – सत्य साईं बाबा – आध्यात्मिक गुरु
- 1930 – गीता दत्त, प्रसिद्ध पार्श्वगायिका
- 1897 – नीरद चन्द्र चौधरी – भारत में जन्मे प्रसिद्ध बांग्ला तथा अंग्रेज़ी लेखक और विद्वान।
23 नवंबर को हुए निधन
- 2023 – फ़ातिमा बीबी – भारत में सर्वोच्च न्यायालय की भूतपूर्व न्यायाधीश थी।
- 2020 – तरुण गोगोई – असम के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री थे।
- 2020 – विश्व मोहन बडोला – फ़िल्म अभिनेता तथा टीवी कलाकार थे।
- 1912 – सखाराम गणेश देउसकर -क्रांतिकारी लेखक, इतिहासकार तथा पत्रकार।
- 1977 – प्रकाशवीर शास्त्री – संसद के लोकसभा सदस्य और संस्कृत के विद्वान् साथ ही आर्य समाज के नेता के रूप में भी प्रसिद्ध।
- 1971 – राम उग्रह पांडेय – महावीर चक्र से सम्मानित वीर बलिदानी सैनिकों में से एक थे।
- 1937 – जगदीश चंद्र बोस – वैज्ञानिक
- 1990 – रोल्ड डाॅल – 20वीं सदी के सबसे महान् लेखकों में शुमार।
November 23 in History – On This Day
- 1165 – Pope Alexander III returned to Rome after exile.
1744 – British Prime Minister John Carteret resigned.
1890 – General elections were held in Italy.
1892 – Belgium defeated the Arabs in the Lomani–Congo War.
1904 – The third Olympic Games concluded in St. Louis, USA.
1946 – A massive fire broke out on a French naval ship in the city of Haiphong, Vietnam, killing six thousand people.
1983 – The Commonwealth Summit was held in India for the first time.
1984 – Around one thousand people were trapped due to a fire at London’s busy Oxford Circus Station.
1996 – An Ethiopian hijacked aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean after running out of fuel. Of the 175 people on board, at least 100 were killed.
1997 – Sahitya Akademi Award winner Nirad C. Chaudhuri completed 100 years of life.
2002 – The G-20 meeting began in New Delhi.
2006 – The United States lifted sanctions on Russia’s jet manufacturing company Sukhoi.
2007 – The Labour Party won the elections held in Australia.
2008 – 65% voting was recorded in the second phase of polling for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
2009 – 32 journalists were killed in the Philippines.
Birthdays on 23 November
1901 – Nabakrishna Choudhury – Second Chief Minister of Odisha.
1914 – Krishan Chander – Renowned Hindi and Urdu storyteller.
1926 – Sathya Sai Baba – Spiritual guru.
1930 – Geeta Dutt – Famous playback singer.
1897 – Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri – Renowned Bengali and English writer and scholar born in India.
Deaths on 23 November
2023 – Fatima Beevi – Former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
2020 – Tarun Gogoi – Former Chief Minister of Assam.
2020 – Vishwamohan Badola – Film and television actor.
1912 – Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar – Revolutionary writer, historian, and journalist.
1977 – Prakashvir Shastri – Lok Sabha member, Sanskrit scholar, and prominent Arya Samaj leader.
1971 – Ram Ugrah Pandey – One of the brave soldiers honored with the Maha Vir Chakra.
1937 – Jagadish Chandra Bose – Scientist.
1990 – Roald Dahl – Counted among the greatest writers of the 20th century.
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