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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 |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 2/5/1992 | D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 10/20/1963 | Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 12/23/1972 | Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi. |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
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