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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 |
| 2/10/1859 | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. |
| 12/25/1943 | Japanese bombers raid Chittagong. |
| 8/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 2/3/1912 | Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born. |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 6/20/1946 | Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state. |
| 10/2/1999 | Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
| 6/10/1946 | Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"". |
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