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Historical Event on 1/24/2000

Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.