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Historical Event on 4/23/1774
British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1991 | Ajit Singh expelled from the JD. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 6/10/1987 | Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 10/16/1999 | Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
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