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Historical Event on 12/23/1964

India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
2/3/1912Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.