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Historical Event on 12/23/1912
Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
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| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 4/14/1948 | Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India. |
| 3/27/1992 | India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine. |
| 10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 2/16/1969 | Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 9/18/1992 | M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
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