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Historical Event on 6/23/1993
RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1896 | Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 8/16/1997 | Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 5/18/1985 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
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