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Historical Event on 12/23/1913
Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/2/1990 | Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed. |
2/6/1995 | India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi. |
4/6/1985 | Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final. |
2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
10/17/1997 | SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository. |
11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
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