Historical Events on January 23.

1.  1565, 23rd Jan: The end of the Vijayanagara Empire in India.

2.  1708, 23rd Jan: Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj crowned.

3.  1793, 23rd Jan: Human Society of Philadelphia formed.

4.  1849, 23rd Jan: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female medical graduate.

5.  1943, 23rd Jan: During World War II, British troops captured the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

6.  1957, 23rd Jan: Indian nationalist V. K. Krishna Menon delivered an unprecedented eight-hour speech defending India’s stand on Kashmir. To date, the speech is the longest ever delivered in the United Nations.

7.  1966, 23rd Jan: Indira Gandhi became the third Prime Minister of India.

8.  1968, 23rd Jan: North Korea seized the US ship USS Pueblo accusing them of violating its maritime border.

9.  1973, 23rd Jan: US President Richard Nixon announced a peace treaty with Vietnam.

10.  1997, 23rd Jan: Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State in the United States.

11.  2004, 23rd Jan: Complete ban on cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh.

12.  2006, 23rd Jan: India accepted the recommendation to give Pakistan the status of the most preferred nation.

13.  2007, 23rd Jan: The declaration had signed between India and Russia for the production of medium-sized multipurpose transport aircraft.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 23.

1.  1737: John Hancock, an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.

2.  1809: Surendra Sai, an Indian freedom fighter.

3.  1814: Sir Alexander Cunningham, a British army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group, who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.

4.  1855: John Browning, an American firearms designer.

5.  1897: Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian nationalist.

6.  1915: Kamalnayan Bajaj, an Indian businessman, and politician.

7.  1927: Bal Thackeray, an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.

8.  1947: Ramesh Sippy, an Indian film director, and producer.

9.  1947: Megawati Sukarnoputri, an Indonesian politician, and Indonesia’s first female president and the sixth woman to lead a Muslim-majority country.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 23.

1.  1919: Ram Ganesh Gadkari, a Marathi poet, playwright, and humorist from Maharashtra, India.

2.  1931: Anna Pavlovna Pavlova, a Russian prima ballerina.

3.  1976: Paul Robeson, an American bass-baritone concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism.

4.  1989: Salvador Dalí, a Spanish Surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.

5.  2010: Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, Indian classical singer.

23-January-1565

Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.

23-January-1664

Shahaji Raje died in an accident.

23-January-1809

Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.

23-January-1814

Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.

23-January-1897

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.

23-January-1909

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

23-January-1915

Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.

23-January-1919

Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.

23-January-1920

Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.

23-January-1927

Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.

23-January-1954

Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.

23-January-1960

Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to "Venkateshwar Samachar", "Bangawasi", "Bharat Mitra" and "Navjeevan" newspapers, passed away.

23-January-1961

Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.

23-January-1965

Indian first alloy and steel plant in the public sector started in Durgapur; alloy and steel plant limited project started.

23-January-1972

Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.

23-January-1975

Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography "My Experiments with Truth" in Assamese language.

23-January-1976

Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.

23-January-1977

Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party.

23-January-1978

The motto "Shastra se Shakti" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was "Usa Tela Tananti" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean "To the thunder his arms". The corps song titled "Ayudh Corps Mahan" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung "within unit lines only", during purely Regimental functions.

23-January-1992

India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.

23-January-1993

British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.

23-January-1993

Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.

23-January-1996

Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.

23-January-1997

50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.

23-January-1997

Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.

23-January-1999

An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.

23-January-2000

India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.