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Historical Event on 7/24/1998
India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
| 4/8/1897 | Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 11/19/1994 | Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa . |
| 3/5/1699 | Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne. |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
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