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Historical Event on 6/23/1810

Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
2/17/1980Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.
1/4/1998V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
6/22/1910Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died.
1/22/1906Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.