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Historical Event on 12/23/1977

Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.