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Historical Event on 8/23/1947

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.