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Historical Event on 6/23/1911
King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.

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5/20/1972	Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
8/1/1988	Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
1/8/1992	Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
11/22/1718	Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
1/17/1987	Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
1/17/1987	Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
7/31/1992	Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
2/2/1835	Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
10/31/1994	26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.
5/23/1993	PM arrives in Tashkent.

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