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23 May

🇮🇳 In India

1984 Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest.

2008 Bhargavi Rao, Sahitya Akademi Awardee and eminent translator in Telugu Literature, died in Telangana. She was actively involved in translating various works of author and playwright Girish Karnad.

2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins re-election in a landslide over the opposition Congress Party in the world’s largest-ever democratic election with over 600 million voters.

🌎 Elsewhere

1576 The Netherlands declared independence from Spain.

1906 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and theatre director, died in Oslo, Norway. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time.

1951 Delegates of the Dalai Lama sign the Seventeen Point Agreement which affirmed Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. According to Tibetan officials, the document was signed under duress and is, therefore, invalid.

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