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Historical Event on 6/24/1980
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1980 | E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala. |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 8/26/1996 | Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department. |
| 11/17/1986 | SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 5/5/1930 | Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
| 1/1/1910 | Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.). |
| 3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
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