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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.

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5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
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6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).