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Historical Event on 4/23/1968
Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1981 | Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 12/29/1977 | World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 10/30/1991 | Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away. |
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