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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
4/27/1907Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
10/24/1992Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.