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Historical Event on 12/23/1998

Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'