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Historical Event on 11/23/1933

Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.