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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
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
4/29/1924Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.