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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
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.