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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
1/15/1929Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.
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5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
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11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.