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Historical Event on 2/23/1962

The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
5/31/1998B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.