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Historical Event on 2/23/1876

Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
2/26/1998Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.