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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
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
6/21/1814Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
9/12/1627Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
11/29/1947The Nizam of Hyderabad said that he would not consider acceding to either dominion, but would agree to a 'standstill arrangement' with India. The agreement is accepted by the Indian government.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.