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Historical Event on 6/23/1994

Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
10/10/1910Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
1/1/1920P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
1/4/1937R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.