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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
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Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/23/1751 |
Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 4/23/1774 |
British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand. |
| 4/23/1795 |
East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges. |
| 4/23/1858 |
Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore. |
| 4/23/1913 |
Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 4/23/1926 |
Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
| 4/23/1928 |
Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
| 4/23/1929 |
Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay. |
| 4/23/1929 |
The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime. |
| 4/23/1930 |
Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers. |
| 4/23/1938 |
Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand. |
| 4/23/1946 |
Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
| 4/23/1955 |
Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 4/23/1959 |
Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma. |
| 4/23/1968 |
Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 4/23/1987 |
Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 4/23/1991 |
Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab. |
| 4/23/1992 |
Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 4/23/1994 |
Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 4/23/2000 |
Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 3/3/1921 | Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P). |
| 7/4/1912 | Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 1/26/1919 | Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
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