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Historical Event on 12/23/1993

PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
1/4/1931Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).