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Historical Event on 2/23/1997
Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 10/31/1989 | Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90. |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
| 12/19/1966 | Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi. |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
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