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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
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.