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Historical Event on 5/23/1931

Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.

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7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
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4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
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3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.