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Historical Event on 4/23/1987

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
1/8/1995Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
2/25/1894Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.