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Historical Event on 5/23/1975

P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.