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Historical Event on 10/23/1997

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
11/30/1998Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
7/7/1999M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.