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Historical Event on 12/23/1900
Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
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| 10/19/1979 | T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 3/6/1775 | Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy 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"". |
| 3/27/1991 | Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
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