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Historical Event on 12/23/1995

400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
5/17/1993Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
8/12/1973Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
8/28/1879Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
7/31/1907Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born.