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Historical Event on 1/23/1999

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
11/21/1914Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.