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Historical Event on 9/23/1803
British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
10/10/1998 | Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. |
2/11/1933 | The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933. |
9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
5/1/1996 | P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case. |
3/20/1965 | Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi. |
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