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Historical Event on 5/23/1996

Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
8/6/1994Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.