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Historical Event on 5/23/1931

Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.