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Historical Event on 6/23/1953

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.