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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
9/30/1992Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
1/10/1953Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.