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Historical Event on 12/23/1992

Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.