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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 |
| 2/14/1976 | Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force. |
| 4/17/1983 | Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 6/22/1996 | Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut. |
| 5/3/1947 | Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established. |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 3/19/1982 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
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