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Historical Event on 2/23/1993

Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
12/6/2000The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.