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Historical Event on 4/23/1987
Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 6/17/1933 | The civil disobedience campaign ended. |
| 10/6/1862 | Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 2/25/1993 | BJP rally in New Delhi foiled. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 2/11/1818 | Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 6/5/1992 | Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published. |
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