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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
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.