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Historical Event on 1/23/1814

Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
9/16/1931Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.