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Historical Event on 2/23/1962

The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
11/23/1983Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.