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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1993Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.