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Historical Event on 6/23/1894
Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
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| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 11/14/1964 | Nehru Commemorative coin is released. |
| 7/16/1905 | A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat. |
| 10/24/1955 | Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra. |
| 3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
| 10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
| 8/28/1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 10/24/1992 | Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects. |
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