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Historical Event on 12/23/1926

Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.
2/12/1824Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi.