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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
8/22/1980Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.