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Historical Event on 12/23/1954
Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1996 | International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 7/9/1979 | Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away. |
| 12/1/1998 | Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 2/19/1911 | Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 2/19/1911 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
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