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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 |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
| 11/15/1911 | First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler. |
| 8/1/1962 | Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 7/5/1996 | Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurudutt, famous film actor, died |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
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