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Historical Event on 10/23/1985

Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.