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Historical Event on 8/23/1995
First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 7/27/1993 | Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion. |
| 10/2/1986 | Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 12/20/1993 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 12/1/1990 | Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
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