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Historical Event on 8/23/1958

Marathwada University was started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
9/4/1998Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.