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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
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
4/11/199710-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining.
1/18/1995The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.