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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1973Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
5/1/1886May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
1/22/1760In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.