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Historical Event on 9/23/1967
P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 7/8/1991 | 25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan. |
| 9/7/1998 | Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 11/20/1999 | Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
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