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Historical Event on 4/23/1955
Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 4/3/1984 | Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi. |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 8/11/1916 | Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born. |
| 1/9/1935 | Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
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