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Historical Event on 10/23/1997

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.