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Historical Event on 6/23/1992

Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1992Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
12/30/1953The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
2/16/1944Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.