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Historical Event on 6/23/1894
Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1896 | Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924. |
| 12/31/1910 | Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born. |
| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 4/3/1932 | Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 12/29/1989 | Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 6/16/1946 | Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government. |
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