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Historical Event on 6/23/1984

An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.