06-24-2008, 01:31 AM
23 June 1757 Battle of Plassey
June 23, 1980 Sanjay Gandhi died in an air crash
June 23, 1985 Air-India Flight 182 Kanisha Boeing 747 en-route from Montreal, Canada to India exploded as it entered Irish airspace at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m). The plane crashed into the sea killing all 329 people on board, of whom 280 were Canadian citizens. Prior to 9/11 it was the worst airborne terrorist action.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In that fateful summer of 1953, Jammu became the epicentre of a full-blown agitation in collaboration with the Akali Dal, led by Master Tara Singh. Nehru had added some fuel to this fire by conceding a psychologically provocative demand in what has come to be known as the Delhi Agreement, signed in 1952, by which J&K was granted its own flag. The agitation had a powerful slogan: Ek Desh mein do Vidhaan, Ek Desh mein do Nishaan, Ek Desh mein do Pradhaan, nahin challengey nahin challengey. On May 8, 1953, Mookerjea tried to cross the Madhopur bridge on the Jammu border in order to lead the agitation in Jammu. Abdullah ordered his arrest. <b>On June 23, 1953, he died while still under detention in Abdullah's jail.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
June 23, 1980 Sanjay Gandhi died in an air crash
June 23, 1985 Air-India Flight 182 Kanisha Boeing 747 en-route from Montreal, Canada to India exploded as it entered Irish airspace at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m). The plane crashed into the sea killing all 329 people on board, of whom 280 were Canadian citizens. Prior to 9/11 it was the worst airborne terrorist action.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In that fateful summer of 1953, Jammu became the epicentre of a full-blown agitation in collaboration with the Akali Dal, led by Master Tara Singh. Nehru had added some fuel to this fire by conceding a psychologically provocative demand in what has come to be known as the Delhi Agreement, signed in 1952, by which J&K was granted its own flag. The agitation had a powerful slogan: Ek Desh mein do Vidhaan, Ek Desh mein do Nishaan, Ek Desh mein do Pradhaan, nahin challengey nahin challengey. On May 8, 1953, Mookerjea tried to cross the Madhopur bridge on the Jammu border in order to lead the agitation in Jammu. Abdullah ordered his arrest. <b>On June 23, 1953, he died while still under detention in Abdullah's jail.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->