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Historical Event on 12/23/1976
Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1976 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 2/11/1993 | Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 3/29/1914 | Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India. |
| 9/14/1997 | 78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
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