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Historical Event on 7/24/1999

Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
7/11/1924Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.