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Historical Event on 2/23/1993
Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1992 | Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue. |
| 3/1/1951 | NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar). |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 4/3/1998 | Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"". |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 3/14/1967 | Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 7/24/1991 | Industrial licensing scrapped. |
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