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Historical Event on 2/23/1876
Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1996 | India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water. |
| 7/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 5/2/1974 | 700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi. |
| 4/27/1878 | Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
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