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Historical Event on 7/23/1996
India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 12/4/1998 | Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
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