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Historical Event on 12/23/1919
King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1991 | President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/1/1892 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 11/7/1862 | Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision. |
| 1/1/1862 | Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force. |
| 1/1/1862 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 11/28/1890 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
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