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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
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.