Today in Indian History (23rd December)

• ·         The Ninth Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, passes away on December 23, 2000. Considered to be brain behind the Indian economic reforms, Rao ran a minority government which was marred by charges of corruption. 

• ·         Allah Wasai, famously known as Noor Jehan or Noorjehan in the celluloid world, died on December 23, 2000.