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Historical Event on 6/23/1985

Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
9/6/1990Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.