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Historical Event on 2/23/1876
Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 11/14/1997 | N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
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