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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
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.