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Historical Event on 12/23/1977

Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.