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Historical Event on 10/23/1883
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 9/20/1911 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
| 10/30/1990 | Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
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