Historical Events on March 23.

1.  World Meteorological Day

2.  1839, 23rd March: The word OK first used in the Boston Morning Post.

3.  1857, 23rd March: The first elevator opened in New York City.

4.  1919, 23rd March: Benito Mussolini started the fascist movement in Milan, Italy.

5.  1931, 23rd March: Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev executed.

6.  1940, 23rd March: A resolution for the creation of a fully independent Pakistan passed at a convention of the Muslim League in Lahore.

7.  1956, 23rd March: Pakistan became the world’s first Islamic republic.

8.  1980, 23rd March: Prakash Padukone became the first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship.

9.  1998, 23rd March: Actor Dilip Kumar awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest civilian honor.

10.  1999, 23rd March: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and Lata Mangeshkar were honored with Padma Vibhushan.

11.  1999, 23rd March: Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actress Sulochana were awarded the Padma Shri.

12.  2001, 23rd March: Russia’s Mir space station crashed.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 23.

1.  1699: John Bartram, an early American botanist.

2.  1749: Pierre-Simon Laplace, a French mathematician.

3.  1855: Kottarathil Sankunni, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.

4.  1880: Basanti Devi, an Indian independence activist.

5.  1881: Hermann Staudinger, a German organic chemist.

6.  1883: M. Govinda Pai, a Kannada poet.

7.  1898: Nalini Bala Devi, an Indian writer, and poet of Assamese literature.

8.  1910: Ram Manohar Lohia, an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader.

9.  1923: Hemu Kalani, a Sindhi revolutionary and freedom fighter.

10.  1929: Govind Swarup, a radio astronomer.

11.  1968: Meka Srikanth, an Indian film actor.

12.  1976: Smriti Irani, an Indian politician, former model, television actress, and producer. 

13.  1987: Kangana Ranaut, an Indian actress, and filmmaker.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 23.

1.  1927: Lala VC, an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross.

2.  1931: Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar, Indian revolutionaries.

3.  1938: Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, and former Indian cricketer.

4.  2011: Elizabeth Taylor, an English-American actress.

Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.

23-March-1596

Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.

23-March-1757

Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.

23-March-1898

Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.

23-March-1910

Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.

23-March-1911

Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.

23-March-1913

Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.

23-March-1919

Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper "Hamara Sangram".

23-March-1923

Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.

23-March-1923

Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.

23-March-1931

Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting "Inquilab Zindabad" (long live the revolution).

23-March-1940

All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.

23-March-1942

Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.

23-March-1942

Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.

23-March-1947

Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.

23-March-1962

Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.

23-March-1967

Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.

23-March-1968

Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi.

23-March-1982

Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away.

23-March-1986

The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.

23-March-1992

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

23-March-1994

Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.

23-March-1995

Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.

23-March-1997

10 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.

23-March-2000

Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).