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Historical Event on 2/23/1980
Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 4/21/1992 | UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 7/13/1990 | Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana. |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 4/20/1938 | Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away. |
| 9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
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