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Historical Event on 9/23/1863

Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
12/7/1979Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.