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Historical Event on 3/23/1962

Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
3/5/1995India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.
8/3/1886Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.