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Events for March 23

23-March-1351	Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
23-March-1596	Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
23-March-1757	Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
23-March-1898	Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
23-March-1910	Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 195
23-March-1911	Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
23-March-1913	Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
23-March-1919	Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangra
23-March-1923	Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
23-March-1923	Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
23-March-1931	Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution
23-March-1940	All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
23-March-1942	Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
23-March-1942	Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
23-March-1947	Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
23-March-1962	Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
23-March-1967	Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
23-March-1968	Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi.
23-March-1982	Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away.
23-March-1986	The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
23-March-1992	G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
23-March-1994	Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
23-March-1995	Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.
23-March-1997	10 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.
23-March-2000	Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).