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Historical Event on 1/23/1814
Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/2000 | Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
| 3/22/1893 | Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 11/3/1984 | Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated. |
| 6/18/1918 | A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away. |
| 8/27/1997 | Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively. |
| 1/21/1997 | Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis. |
| 12/27/1990 | DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
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