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Historical Event on 8/23/1947
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
| 3/31/1986 | Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 5/5/1955 | Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 3/20/1904 | Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 4/6/1955 | Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died. |
| 1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
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