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Historical Event on 5/23/1931

Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.