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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
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
7/12/1864Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.