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Historical Event on 8/23/1986

B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.

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1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.