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Historical Event on 1/23/1999

An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
10/14/1997The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out.
7/31/1940Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
6/13/1996Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities.
7/27/1914Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.