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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
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
2/11/1993Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
1/6/1989Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.