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Historical Event on 2/23/1997
176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 11/30/1999 | The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term. |
| 7/22/1678 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 9/20/1911 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra. |
| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 2/11/1913 | Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa). |
| 8/21/1931 | Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
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