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Historical Event on 4/23/1959

Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
2/17/1992Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.