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Historical Event on 8/23/1995

First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
10/22/1983The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.