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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
3/13/1940Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.