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Historical Event on 6/23/1911
King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 9/14/1971 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died. |
| 4/21/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami. |
| 7/11/1630 | Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
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