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Historical Event on 4/23/1959

Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.

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3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
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10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
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7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.