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Historical Event on 2/23/1980

Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.