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Historical Event on 1/23/1976
Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
7/12/1994 | Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
3/16/1946 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away. |
12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
7/16/1991 | Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%. |
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