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Historical Event on 5/23/1923

Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.

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1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.