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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 |
| 12/22/1866 | Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar. |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 6/25/1997 | USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders. |
| 6/18/1956 | New Hindu Succession Act was passed. |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 4/2/1942 | Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips. |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 3/3/1978 | Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
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