23 December in Hindu history
23 December 1912
23 December 1949Bomb thrown at Viceroy Hardinge in Delhi
As Lord Hardinge rides on an elephant into the new capital at Chandni Chowk, revolutionaries organised by Rash Behari Bose throw a bomb into his howdah. He is wounded and his attendant killed.
Ram Lalla murtis appear in the Ayodhya structure
On the night of 22–23 December, murtis of Ram Lalla are placed under the central dome of the Babri structure. The gates are locked by the administration, and worship continues through a grille.