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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
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
7/13/1950Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.