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Historical Event on 5/23/1923
Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/2/1993 | Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 9/17/1864 | Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born. |
| 4/26/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 2/10/1995 | PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister. |
| 1/22/1901 | Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 1/22/1901 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
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