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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.