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Historical Event on 6/24/1980
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1965 | Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/19/1887 | S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 10/9/1976 | International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 6/13/1995 | India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact. |
| 6/13/1995 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died. |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
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