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Historical Event on 2/23/1969

Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.