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Historical Event on 2/23/1980

Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.