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Historical Event on 8/23/1989

Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.