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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 |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 6/15/1953 | Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 1/30/1996 | The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996. |
| 2/6/1932 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
| 9/28/1940 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"". |
| 9/11/1895 | Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra. |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
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