HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-23)

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Dec 23, 2004 :: P.V. NARASIMHA RAO :: Died this day, he was the of India.

Dec 23, 2000 :: NOOR JEHAN :: Died this day, she was a famous Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu singer and actress of India and of late, . She is titled Mallika-e-Tarranum (Queen of ) and is considered to be one of the greatest singers to have come from the Indian subcontinent. She had sung around 10,000 songs in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi films in both India and Pakistan. Her granddaughter Sonya Jehan is also an actress currently working in .

Dec 23, 1979 :: AFGHANISTAN :: During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Soviet forces occupied , on this day.

Dec 23, 1954 :: The first human transplant was performed on this day by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dec 23, 1952 :: PRAFULLA Kumar MAHANTA :: Born this day, he is an Indian politician, who was the youngest Chief Minister of .

Dec 23, 1948 :: HIDEKI TOJO :: Died (hanged) on this day, he was the Prime Minister of .

Dec 23, 1947 :: TRANSISTOR :: On this day, it was first demonstrated at Bell .

Dec 23, 1921 :: The Visva-Bharati University was inaugurated on this day. Established by in 1921, it is located at , West Bengal in India and is a Central University.

Dec 23, 1912 :: LORD HARDINGS :: Bomb was thrown at him on his State entry into .

Dec 23, 1902 :: Chaudhuri CHARAN SINGH :: Born this day, he was a former poitician as also the Prime Minister of India for a (1979-80).