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Historical Event on 10/23/1883

Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.

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9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
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4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.