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Historical Event on 9/23/1903
Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 7/9/1979 | Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away. |
| 11/25/1984 | Yashwantrao B. Chavhan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Deputy Prime Minister, passed away. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 3/27/1977 | The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
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