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Historical Event on 6/23/1997

India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1907Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
9/13/1996Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
12/23/1902Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.