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Historical Event on 1/24/1966

Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
4/20/1971Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
12/21/1911Central Bank of India established.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
6/30/1934Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.