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Historical Event on 8/23/1994
Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 7/1/1958 | Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960. |
| 7/22/1996 | 1996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
| 4/18/1914 | Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 5/8/1930 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
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