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Historical Event on 5/23/1924
Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 6/9/1949 | Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 1/5/1994 | Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 10/15/1987 | Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India. |
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