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Historical Event on 8/23/1942
Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 12/1/1999 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol |
| 8/4/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego. |
| 5/28/1997 | Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
| 11/15/1875 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar. |
| 12/11/1968 | Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
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