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Historical Event on 1/23/1977
Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party.
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| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 6/13/1931 | Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London. |
| 9/7/1968 | Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 5/12/1987 | Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat. |
| 5/13/1994 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992. |
| 4/30/1896 | Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees. |
| 8/16/2000 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure. |
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