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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 |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 1/1/1969 | B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 7/5/1993 | Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff. |
| 8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
| 7/21/1936 | Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born. |
| 10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
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