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Historical Event on 2/23/1997
Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 10/10/1991 | Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 1/22/1967 | Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
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