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Historical Event on 12/23/1959
Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 11/22/1990 | Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108). |
| 8/22/1922 | Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 10/2/1986 | Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
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