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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/23/1824 |
Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur. |
| 10/23/1883 |
Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born. |
| 10/23/1883 |
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 10/23/1898 |
Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat. |
| 10/23/1919 |
Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
| 10/23/1934 |
Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 10/23/1943 |
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire. |
| 10/23/1959 |
Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
| 10/23/1970 |
If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 10/23/1973 |
Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 10/23/1985 |
Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN. |
| 10/23/1990 |
Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government. |
| 10/23/1992 |
The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign |
| 10/23/1992 |
UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 10/23/1996 |
Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. |
| 10/23/1996 |
Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 10/23/1997 |
I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting. |
| 10/23/1997 |
Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender. |
| 10/23/1999 |
A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst. |
| 10/23/1999 |
The chargesheet in Bofors case is a legal triumph, said Mr. Advani. But Congress(I) calls it as a political vendetta. |
| 10/23/1999 |
V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1920 | Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India. |
| 8/20/1974 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President. |
| 6/15/1937 | Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 8/30/1994 | The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls. |
| 10/29/1930 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 6/25/1975 | President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day. |
| 7/3/1936 | Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
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