Year 1661
Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
JUNE 23
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23 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 23 June.
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Year 1683
William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
Year 1757
The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
Year 1810
Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
Year 1868
Christopher Latham Scholes received a patent for a typewriter.
Year 1894
The International Olympic Committee was established under the presidency of Demetrios Vikelas in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Year 1911
King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
Year 1927
All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
Year 1930
The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
Year 1946
Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly.
Year 1958
Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
Year 1979
West Indies won their second Cricket World Cup by defeating England by 92 runs.
Year 1980
Sanjay Gandhi, the young politician, and son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash.
Year 1984
An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
Year 1985
Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
Year 1987
D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
Year 1992
Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
Year 1993
Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
Year 1994
Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
Year 1997
India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
Year 2000
Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.
Year 2016
The United Kingdom left the European Union with a 52% to 48% turnout.
Born 1877
Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (d. 1929)
Born 1894
Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
Born 1895
Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
Born 1912
Alan Turing, an English mathematician, and computer scientist.
Born 1920
Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.
Born 1934
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, an Indian Gandhian environmentalist, and social activist.
Born 1935
Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
Born 1942
Jabbar Patel, an Indian theatre and film director.
Born 1952
Raj Babbar, an Indian film actor and politician.
Born 1956
Prashant Bhushan, an Indian lawyer.
Died 1761
Peshwa Balaji Bajirao Bhat, the 8th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.
Died 1836
James Mill, a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher.
Died 1893
Wilhelm Eduard Weber, a German physicist.
Died 1914
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
Died 1939
Gijubhai Badheka, an educator who helped to introduce Montessori education methods to India.
Died 1953
Syama Prasad Mukherjee, an Indian politician.
Died 1971
Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
Died 1975
Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
Died 1980
Sanjay Gandhi, an Indian politician and the son of Indira Gandhi.
Died 1980
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
Died 1990
Harindranath Chattopadhyay, an Indian English poet.
Died 1997
Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died.
Died 2015
Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (b. 1934)