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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 |
10/1/1904 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral |
1/11/1955 | Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India. |
12/3/1979 | Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
7/21/1988 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3. |
9/22/1992 | Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail. |
2/21/1996 | Japanese encephalitis', caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes, claims 21 lives in Kerala. |
2/24/1986 | Rukmini Devi passed away. |
2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
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