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Historical Event on 10/23/1973
Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 7/4/1992 | Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 7/4/1992 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
| 6/24/1996 | Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 10/23/1943 | Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
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