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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
7/23/1997Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.