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Historical Event on 5/23/1996
In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1992 | Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 5/12/1915 | Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces. |
| 9/15/1997 | Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control. |
| 10/31/1885 | St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 10/21/1998 | Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 4/1/1920 | S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 5/1/1995 | SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent. |
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