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Historical Event on 8/23/1994

Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.