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Historical Event on 6/23/1958
Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 8/15/1998 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends. |
| 1/15/1988 | Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 12/26/1831 | Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 1/25/1948 | French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament. |
| 2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
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