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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
5/14/1657Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.