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Historical Event on 9/23/1952

Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1997Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
1/2/1964Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died.
6/29/1999An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
5/31/1921Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
6/12/1975Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died.
3/2/1997Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.