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Historical Event on 4/24/1996

BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India