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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
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.