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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
1/1/1894Satyendranath Bose, Professor and famous Indian physics expert, was born, He worked with Albert Einstein for some time.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
3/29/1982Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
11/29/1999Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.
12/19/1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.