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Historical Event on 4/23/2000

Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
11/15/1932Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.