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Historical Event on 1/23/1809

Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/21/1977Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.