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Historical Event on 1/24/1966
Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.

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4/8/1998	Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
7/3/1991	Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
7/10/1972	Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
7/12/1970	Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
2/22/1948	Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
6/23/1997	Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
5/17/1980	V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
5/19/1980	Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
3/31/1930	Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.
9/29/2000	Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.

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Historical Event on 1/24/1966 Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.

Historical Event on 1/24/1966
Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.