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Historical Event on 1/23/1909
New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1992 | Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94) |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 5/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 11/19/1999 | New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
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