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Historical Event on 6/23/1971

Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.