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Historical Event on 4/23/1968

Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
5/17/1974Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.