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Historical Event on 10/23/1996

Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

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2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
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2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.
3/27/199021 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.