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Historical Event on 6/24/1966

Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
9/4/1921British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.