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Historical Event on 11/23/1983

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
6/23/1990Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
10/6/1927First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.