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Historical Event on 6/23/1997
Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/12/1896 | Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 3/12/1972 | Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats. |
| 8/10/1963 | The Kamraj Plan. |
| 10/16/1997 | Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial). |
| 12/15/1980 | Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada. |
| 8/19/1992 | K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India. |
| 6/9/1923 | Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan. |
| 8/3/1954 | Atomic Energy Department established. |
| 4/29/1882 | Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
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