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Historical Event on 5/23/1924

Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
7/1/1821Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.