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Historical Event on 5/23/1965
Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 10/5/1997 | Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
| 8/8/1967 | Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/9/1978 | Asian Games begin in Bangkok. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 6/1/1842 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born. |
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