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Historical Event on 7/23/1912

Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.