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Historical Event on 8/23/1994

Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.