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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 |
| 6/7/1996 | Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
| 6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
| 8/4/1906 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 9/23/1980 | Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 9/4/1947 | Gandhiji breaks fast. |
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