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Historical Event on 1/24/1966

Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
10/4/2000Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament.
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
5/20/1957Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.