New Jersey Indian Community - NewJerseyIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 5/23/1996

In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1919Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
3/1/1917J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"".
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
3/30/1996Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
2/24/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.