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Historical Event on 2/23/1980

Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.