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Historical Event on 1/23/1997
50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/14/1812 | Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 5/25/1997 | In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan. |
| 3/4/1879 | Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
| 8/10/1758 | Marathas won the Atak. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
| 7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
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