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Historical Event on 2/23/1998

Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
11/20/1917Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/24/1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.