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Historical Event on 2/23/1996
North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 3/13/1978 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
| 4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 12/21/1952 | Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 2/9/1942 | Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
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