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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
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.