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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
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
1/6/1996CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case.