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Historical Event on 1/23/1919

Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.

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11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
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3/10/1904Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.