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Historical Event on 3/24/1944
Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 9/27/1995 | Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra. |
| 3/19/1996 | Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 2/13/1719 | Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 7/21/1988 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3. |
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