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Historical Event on 2/23/1993
Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 1/21/1993 | Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 2/10/1806 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born. |
| 9/17/1956 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 9/22/1988 | PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill. |
| 6/11/2000 | Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
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