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Historical Event on 2/23/1990

5-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.