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Historical Event on 11/23/1983
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1962 | Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 4/16/1963 | Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away. |
| 10/1/1997 | Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah. |
| 9/3/1997 | India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme. |
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