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Historical Event on 6/23/1984
An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/27/1941 | Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India. |
2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
2/2/2000 | The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution. |
9/6/1999 | Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP. |
12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
9/6/1996 | CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case. |
9/29/1708 | British East India Company and New East India company merged. |
5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
11/29/2000 | India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad. |
9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
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