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Historical Event on 5/23/1996

Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
1/16/1896Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.