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Historical Event on 1/23/1972

Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
10/30/1996CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
9/14/1893Queen 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.
3/30/1976Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
5/22/1927Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born.