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Historical Event on 2/23/1946

Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
11/1/1992Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died.
5/29/1982Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
10/26/194627 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.