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Historical Event on 10/23/1919

Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
12/14/2000The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)