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Historical Event on 10/23/1883
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 12/6/1892 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai. |
| 3/2/1996 | Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match. |
| 1/1/1877 | Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar. |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 2/4/1934 | Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board. |
| 10/24/1851 | First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km. |
| 6/27/2000 | Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part. |
| 5/19/1991 | About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 1/16/1999 | Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
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