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Historical Event on 1/24/1966

Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.