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Historical Event on 3/23/1962
Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1898 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 4/27/1878 | Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination. |
| 10/10/1995 | G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated. |
| 2/26/1937 | Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
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