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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
9/2/1992Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed.
9/2/1992Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
6/11/1907Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
9/30/1916Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P.
2/10/1992Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
1/21/1970Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.