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Historical Event on 12/24/1972

Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
7/20/1993British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
1/16/1995Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.