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Historical Event on 5/23/1924

Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.