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Historical Event on 11/23/1908

Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
11/6/1985Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
11/3/1900Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
12/10/1878Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.