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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 9/23/1743 |
Sawai Jaising died. |
| 9/23/1803 |
British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 9/23/1858 |
Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 9/23/1862 |
Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 9/23/1863 |
Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero. |
| 9/23/1903 |
Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 9/23/1906 |
Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'. |
| 9/23/1908 |
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1911 |
Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born. |
| 9/23/1952 |
Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/23/1965 |
The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect. |
| 9/23/1967 |
P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born. |
| 9/23/1974 |
First NCC Airforce Squadran (Women) was established at Vanasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan. |
| 9/23/1980 |
Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
| 9/23/1983 |
Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
| 9/23/1990 |
World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
| 9/23/1992 |
Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested. |
| 9/23/1996 |
Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I). |
| 9/23/1997 |
India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan. |
| 9/23/1999 |
India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1903 | Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 9/10/1920 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal. |
| 9/10/1920 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 10/3/2000 | India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership. |
| 4/1/1912 | The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation. |
| 2/8/1989 | Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
| 9/29/1999 | Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting. |
| 4/10/1996 | The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
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