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Historical Event on 2/23/1998
BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 4/29/1939 | Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India. |
| 1/29/1853 | Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born. |
| 8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
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