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Historical Event on 11/23/1991

Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
2/14/1933W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
10/9/1964K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
8/1/1970Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan.
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.