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Historical Event on 2/23/1908

Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.