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Historical Event on 10/23/1919
Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1992 | LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala. |
| 3/1/1987 | A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"". |
| 12/28/1981 | Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 4/10/1999 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 7/13/1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 1/8/1908 | Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born. |
| 1/18/1971 | Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49. |
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