|
|
Historical Event on 10/23/1996
Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 5/8/1815 | Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony. |
| 5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
| 10/16/1999 | Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
| 8/3/1985 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
