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Historical Event on 10/23/1898

Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
3/3/1934Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur.
10/29/1952Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.