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Historical Event on 9/23/1996

Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.
9/27/1833Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
2/23/1998Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding.
12/25/1997India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.