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Historical Event on 10/23/1985

Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.