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Historical Event on 5/23/1923
Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1995 | New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. |
| 12/4/1898 | Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian Scientist and Physicist-Philosopher, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 5/10/1992 | Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 4/9/1965 | Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait. |
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