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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
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.