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Historical Event on 8/23/1995
First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1933 | Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail. |
| 9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 9/10/1996 | Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc. |
| 3/28/1999 | Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals. |
| 9/6/1994 | Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties. |
| 1/22/1683 | Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away. |
| 1/11/1613 | Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
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