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Historical Event on 2/23/1998

BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
3/19/1982Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.