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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
9/6/1774British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.