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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
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
2/1/1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.