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Historical Event on 6/24/1961

Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1997V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).