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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
1/9/1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.