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Historical Event on 12/23/1998
Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 1/2/1953 | Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India. |
| 2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 7/27/1998 | Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
| 4/20/1989 | R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 12/13/1772 | Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara. |
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