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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
2/6/1959Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.