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Historical Event on 2/23/1997
Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 3/29/1932 | Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka. |
| 1/18/1992 | Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
| 2/5/1630 | Har Rai, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
| 6/16/1990 | GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
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