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Historical Event on 2/23/1980

Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
2/23/1998The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
10/29/1990Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.