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Historical Event on 6/23/2000

Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
3/31/1993Major changes in exim policy announced.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.