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Historical Event on 8/23/1986

B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
9/22/1994G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
10/28/1867Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland.
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