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Historical Event on 7/23/1996
India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 12/1/1989 | V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister. |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
| 2/11/1996 | Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit. |
| 12/1/1886 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P. |
| 7/24/1999 | Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
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