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Historical Event on 12/23/1919
King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/19/1996 | Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
| 4/30/1988 | Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988. |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
| 6/26/1954 | Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi. |
| 9/8/1972 | Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich. |
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