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Historical Event on 11/23/1983

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.