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Historical Event on 12/23/1998

Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.