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Historical Event on 9/23/1996

Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
12/4/2000Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/9/1866Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.