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Historical Event on 07/23/1555
Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
10/2/1955 | Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur. |
11/27/1994 | D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away. |
11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
9/8/1887 | Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli. |
4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
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