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Historical Event on 4/23/1930

Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.