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Historical Event on 8/23/1947

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.