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Historical Event on 10/23/1997

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.