Today In Indian History (23rd January)

1565 - The Battle of Talikota, also known as that of Rakkasagi–Tangadagi, was fought between between Vijayanagara empire and the Muslim Sultanates of Deccan on 23 January 1565.

It was during the reign of the Taluva (Taluva dynasty was one of the four main dynasties, combination of which is known as the Vijayanagar empire) ruler Sadashiva Raya (1543- 69) that battle of Talikota in 1565 was fought in which Vijayanagar army was defeated by the combined forces of the five Muslim Sultanates of Deccan. This gave body blow to the empire. After this battle the Vijayanagar kingdom lost its grandeur and glory.

1809 - Birth of Bira Surendra Sai on 23 January 1809. Surendra Sai was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter from what is now Odisha. He fought against the British rule in India after they dethroned the rulers of the Sambalpur State.

He had raised a war against the British in 1827, about 30 years before the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.

1897 - Nationalist leader Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January in 1897 in Cuttack in Orissa. He studied in Presidency College and Scottish Church College. In 1920, Bose took the ICS exams in London and came fourth. In 1938 he became president of Indian National Congress. He was again elected Congress president in 1939 when he defeated Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya in the Congress presidential election. This defeat of Pattabhi Sitaramayya was termed by Mahatma Gandhi as his own defeat. Subhash Chandra Bose was later expelled from the Congress Party.

After his expulsion from the Congress he left from India through Afghanistan in 1941.

Subhash Chandra Bose was the president of the Forward Bloc.

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