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Historical Event on 8/23/1986

B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1931Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.