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Historical Event on 10/23/1883
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
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| 1/8/1925 | Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"". |
| 3/13/2000 | Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 8/27/1998 | India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide. |
| 11/2/1994 | Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter. |
| 3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
| 6/18/2000 | K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
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