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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 |
| 6/25/1983 | India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
| 8/12/1919 | Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 2/1/1948 | Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 9/6/1990 | Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament. |
| 11/25/1987 | India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away. |
| 6/7/1606 | Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
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