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Historical Event on 12/23/1993

PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1904Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
12/8/1999Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
3/21/1916Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.