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Historical Event on 7/23/1898

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.
11/23/1983Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
10/27/1987Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.