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Historical Event on 7/23/1956

India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1904Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"".
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.