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Historical Event on 6/24/1961

Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1895George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born.
1/14/1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.