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Historical Event on 6/23/1997

Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.