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Historical Event on 4/23/1938

Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
1/21/2000Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
6/29/1757Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.