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Historical Event on 2/23/1908

Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
3/26/1987Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.