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Historical Event on 10/23/1999

V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.