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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
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
11/23/1948The beseiged garrison of Punch was relieved a full year after its siege. This meant that a firm grip had been established all the way from Pathankot on the major portions of this province.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.