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Historical Event on 1/24/1996
H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/2000 | Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
| 10/24/2000 | Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule. |
| 9/2/1998 | Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore. |
| 5/11/1985 | Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India. |
| 4/24/1929 | First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 6/29/1999 | An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives. |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 6/23/1975 | Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died. |
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