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Historical Event on 1/24/2000

Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.