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Historical Event on 3/23/1940

All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1997India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
8/4/1931Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.