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Historical Event on 12/23/1993

PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
4/25/1906Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).