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Historical Event on 10/23/1959

Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1949Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
5/7/1994Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
1/23/1664Shahaji Raje died in an accident.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.