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Historical Event on 6/23/1997

India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
1/18/1978Shri Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.