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Historical Event on 2/23/1962
The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
| 1/31/1995 | ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997). |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 11/22/1913 | Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 8/12/1602 | Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir. |
| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
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