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Historical Event on 12/23/1998
Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
9/3/1994 | The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC. |
1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
10/4/1847 | Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died. |
1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
4/9/1756 | Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar. |
6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
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