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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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| 4/4/1951 | West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India. |
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| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
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| 1/18/1999 | The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
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