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Historical Event on 1/23/1960
Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1705 | Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera. |
| 10/3/1984 | India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 11/3/1998 | The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 9/12/1992 | Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years. |
| 4/14/1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah. |
| 3/2/1957 | Central Warehouse Corporation established. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
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