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Historical Event on 1/23/1997

50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).
5/17/1993Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.