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Historical Event on 6/23/1920
Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/19/2000 | Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 10/9/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 9/2/1976 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 12/27/1999 | PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan. |
| 9/14/1949 | Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
| 8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
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