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Historical Event on 6/24/1961

Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
10/30/1977One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.