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Historical Event on 9/23/1997

India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
7/1/1985Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.
6/11/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
10/31/1989Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.