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Historical Event on 5/23/1998
L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1965 | Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 10/28/1996 | Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi. |
| 4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
| 4/14/1990 | L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa. |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 12/9/1825 | Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 7/23/1912 | Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
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