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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 |
| 4/24/1966 | Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 4/28/1701 | John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 8/17/1934 | Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 1/29/1912 | Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 1/29/1983 | Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns. |
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