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Historical Event on 7/23/1903
Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 5/24/1956 | Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated. |
| 1/20/1931 | Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 7/24/2000 | The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi. |
| 11/15/1992 | Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban |
| 10/21/1994 | Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. |
| 12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
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