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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
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
6/15/1937Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
12/7/1993BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case.