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Historical Event on 8/23/1947

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.