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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.
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| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 11/6/1988 | The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships. |
| 9/7/1988 | President's rule in Mizoram. |
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