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Historical Event on 6/23/2000
Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 10/6/1927 | First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 4/24/1944 | Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 11/3/1984 | Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated. |
| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 3/20/1926 | For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London. |
| 11/5/1999 | India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
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