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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 6/24/1966 |
Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 6/24/1966 |
Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/24/1763 |
Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King. |
| 6/24/1869 |
Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India. |
| 6/24/1885 |
Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi. |
| 6/24/1897 |
Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 6/24/1901 |
John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala. |
| 6/24/1908 |
Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 6/24/1928 |
Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/24/1946 |
Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 6/24/1946 |
Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
| 6/24/1961 |
Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time. |
| 6/24/1969 |
Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
| 6/24/1974 |
India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 6/24/1980 |
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 6/24/1986 |
Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 6/24/1989 |
A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
| 6/24/1990 |
Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
| 6/24/1990 |
President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council. |
| 6/24/1991 |
Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/24/1991 |
K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala. |
| 6/24/1991 |
Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
| 6/24/1991 |
The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP. |
| 6/24/1991 |
Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
| 6/24/1996 |
Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party. |
| 6/24/1996 |
Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1965 | The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect. |
| 12/29/1927 | Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died. |
| 2/19/1992 | A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura. |
| 2/19/1992 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 12/11/1988 | Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague. |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 4/13/1971 | Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| 1/2/1899 | Monks started living in Belur Math. |
| 6/6/1891 | Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born. |
| 1/1/1920 | P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi. |
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