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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
10/10/1957Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
8/26/1874Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
1/26/1982Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.