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Historical Event on 12/23/1998

Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.