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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 |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 10/28/1996 | Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 3/27/1997 | Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur. |
| 8/18/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 8/27/1952 | Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. |
| 11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
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