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Historical Event on 2/23/1962
The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1904 | Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
| 2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
| 2/3/1992 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 4/7/1818 | British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence. |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
| 9/29/1990 | Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years. |
| 10/17/1999 | Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
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