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Historical Event on 12/23/1969
Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 8/3/1898 | Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born. |
| 5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 1/4/1998 | V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 9/12/1627 | Ibrahim Adilshah died. |
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