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Historical Event on 5/23/1984
Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/7/1825 | First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta. |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
| 3/19/1962 | Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people. |
| 4/26/1973 | Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
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