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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
1/1/1992This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"".
8/9/1971A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R.
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
3/4/1906Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.