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Historical Event on 5/23/1996

1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.