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Historical Event on 4/24/1996
Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 12/12/1908 | Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire. |
| 12/13/2000 | All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work. |
| 10/26/1995 | India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan. |
| 12/22/1986 | India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur. |
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