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Historical Event on 7/23/1996

India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.