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Historical Event on 6/23/1985

Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.