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Historical Event on 2/23/1997

176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
3/13/2000Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.
7/21/1936Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.