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Historical Event on 1/24/1966
Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 1/1/1980 | This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"". |
| 9/4/1997 | Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri. |
| 4/9/1991 | Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 1/6/1932 | Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born. |
| 9/15/1909 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ''Anna'', founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram. |
| 5/22/1996 | United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party. |
| 11/18/1994 | Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years. |
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