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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
6/5/1997Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
1/22/1971Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.