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Historical Event on 6/23/1953

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
6/22/1917Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.