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June

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1980 Sanjay Gandhi, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, died in the plane crash.
1985 An Air India passenger plane crashed into the air near the coast of Ireland. All 329 passengers aboard the plane were killed in this accident.
1761 Death of Maratha ruler Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao.
1810 Construction of Duncan Dock of Bombay completed.
1953 Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee died in a hospital in Kashmir.
2008 JK Tire India Limited, the country's leading tire maker, acquired Mexico's tire company Tornal and its subsidiaries for $ 270 million.
2008 The selection committee recommended in 2008 to confer the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on famous Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
2014 Gujarat's 'Rani Ki Vav' and Himachal's 'Great Himalayan National Park' were included in the 2014 World Heritage List.
1934 Gandhian thinker and social worker Chandi Prasad Bhatt was born.
1936 Pradeep Kumar Banerjee, born in 1936, is one of the best football players of India.