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Historical Event on 4/23/1795

East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
2/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.