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Historical Event on 12/23/1976

Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.