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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 |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 9/28/2000 | Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 2/27/1990 | Polls in Pondicherry and eight states. |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 11/7/1933 | Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour. |
| 11/24/1926 | Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'. |
| 9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 9/15/1967 | Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. |
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