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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
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
12/3/1956Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
3/31/1993J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.