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Historical Event on 5/23/1997
The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1997 | Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner. |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
| 3/13/1938 | Hitler merged Austria in Germany. |
| 2/28/1951 | Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot. |
| 8/1/1997 | Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad. |
| 11/24/1952 | Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
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