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23 April - India on this day21 events

1929

Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.

#foundation#cinema23-April-1929
1930

Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.

#crime#freedom fighter23-April-1930
1504

Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born.

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1751

Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.

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1858

Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.

#birth23-April-1858
1913

Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.

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1928

Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.

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1987

Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.

#religion#law#women23-April-1987
1955

Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.

#meeting#science#politics23-April-1955
1774

British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.

#general23-April-1774
1795

East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.

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1938

Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.

#general#science23-April-1938
1959

Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.

#general23-April-1959
1946

Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.

#sports23-April-1946
2000

Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.

#sports23-April-2000
1929

The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.

#cinema#controversy23-April-1929
1992

Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.

#cinema#death23-April-1992
1926

Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.

#death23-April-1926
1968

Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.

#death23-April-1968
1991

Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.

#politics23-April-1991
1994

Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.

#politics23-April-1994