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Historical Event on 6/23/1971
Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1997 | At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple. |
| 12/23/1995 | 400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana. |
| 10/13/1991 | PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
| 7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 3/21/1995 | Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970. |
| 5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
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