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Historical Event on 12/23/1983

Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
6/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.