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Historical Event on 6/23/1810

Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
7/30/1960Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.