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Historical Event on 8/23/1995
First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 10/27/1999 | P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/27/1999 | Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 8/15/1960 | Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established. |
| 8/2/1993 | CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
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