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Historical Event on 6/24/1991

Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.