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Historical Event on 5/23/1984
Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
| 4/9/1991 | Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 6/22/1994 | Law for the betterment of women introduced. |
| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
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