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Historical Event on 9/23/1983

Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
1/17/1889Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.