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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
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
5/4/1992India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.