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Historical Event on 9/23/1965

The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
1/16/1988L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
2/10/1803Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.