Jacksonville Indian Community - JacksonvilleIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 7/23/1997

India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1933Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar), famous playback singer, was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
10/19/1999Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
7/6/1993JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.