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Historical Event on 6/24/1969

Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
1/22/1666Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.
10/13/1999Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.