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Historical Event on 5/23/1914
The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
| 10/24/1938 | Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 10/16/1999 | A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 6/13/1992 | Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached. |
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