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Historical Event on 1/23/1997
50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1991 | Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/8/1986 | For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport. |
| 6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 11/22/1999 | V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 6/23/1993 | Motilal Vohra made governor of UP. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 6/2/1756 | Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
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