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Historical Event on 6/24/1986
Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/28/1939 | Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 11/14/1997 | 10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened. |
| 4/10/1875 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore. |
| 8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
| 11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 2/23/1843 | Narendranath Sen, famous journalist, was born. |
| 8/1/1931 | Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal. |
| 5/8/1971 | Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79. |
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