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Historical Event on 2/23/1997
176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/2000 | The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration. |
| 1/22/1980 | Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 10/9/1999 | Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion. |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
| 12/9/1994 | Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 7/24/1991 | Industrial licensing scrapped. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
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