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Historical Event on 4/23/1968

Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
4/18/1612Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.