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Historical Event on 2/23/1993
Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1748 | Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. |
| 5/10/1996 | PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign. |
| 7/4/1897 | Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
| 9/29/1708 | British East India Company and New East India company merged. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
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