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Historical Event on 4/23/1994
Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1914 | Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement. |
| 1/25/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993). |
| 9/22/1991 | Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years. |
| 8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 7/20/1957 | India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 1/23/1992 | India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
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