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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
2/5/1992D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.