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Historical Event on 1/23/1909

New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
8/4/1997Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.