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Historical Event on 5/23/1998

L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
3/31/1663Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
9/30/1990Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation.
6/19/1981APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.