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Historical Event on 7/23/1956

India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
9/17/1929La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
2/16/1932Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.