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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
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
12/14/1990President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago.
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.