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Historical Event on 1/23/1996
Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 7/19/1993 | Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 4/4/1858 | Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops. |
| 8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
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