Births on July 17

Bijon Bhattacharya

Born on July 17, 1915

Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)

Bijon Bhattacharya (Bengali: বিজন ভট্টাচার্য) (17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal.He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.

Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Hindu, Bengali Brahmin family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land. He became a member of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA).

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Events on 1915

12 Jan

Women's suffrage
The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
28 Jan

United States Coast Guard
An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
18 Mar

Battle of Gallipoli
World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
20 Mar

General relativity
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
17 May

Herbert Henry Asquith
The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.

Births on July 17

Bijon Bhattacharya

Born on July 17, 1915

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Events on 1915

Women's suffrage

United States Coast Guard

Battle of Gallipoli

General relativity

Herbert Henry Asquith