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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
8/20/1991Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
3/1/1978Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
7/31/1919Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda.
7/1/1999Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.
12/1/1947India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.