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Historical Event on 10/23/1883
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1945 | Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan. |
| 12/28/1883 | Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"". |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
| 4/22/1994 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
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