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Historical Event on 6/23/1980
Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1997 | Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing. |
| 9/26/1996 | CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case. |
| 10/24/1934 | Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics. |
| 11/7/1990 | Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
| 9/24/1859 | Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal. |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 3/23/1986 | The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 6/20/1996 | Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT. |
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