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Historical Event on 12/3/1956
Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 12/12/1721 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born. |
| 3/28/1997 | Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins. |
| 7/29/1997 | India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 5/31/1926 | Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 1/5/1948 | Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. |
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