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Historical Event on 2/23/1994

India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
10/30/2000The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
3/2/1996Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.