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Historical Event on 4/24/1965

Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
7/6/1993JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
12/14/2000The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.