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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 |
| 11/29/1993 | Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 4/30/1988 | Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988. |
| 8/15/1998 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends. |
| 8/15/1998 | Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 4/15/1994 | India signed `GAT' agreement. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 2/2/1959 | Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party. |
| 12/26/1989 | India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean. |
| 1/12/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis. |
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