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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 |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 7/1/1989 | Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established. |
| 6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 1/16/1995 | Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation. |
| 2/3/1905 | Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 7/2/1926 | Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh. |
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