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Historical Event on 6/23/1935
Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 7/5/1992 | Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 8/7/1998 | The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force. |
| 6/7/1606 | Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
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