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Historical Event on 8/23/1872
Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
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| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 10/3/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 11/5/1907 | Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
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