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Historical Event on 6/23/1997

Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
2/12/1995The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.