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Historical Event on 8/23/1958

Marathwada University was started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
7/22/1992Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.