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Historical Event on 4/23/1930
Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 3/14/1895 | Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 1/18/1932 | Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur. |
| 1/5/1893 | Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions. |
| 5/8/1815 | Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
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