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Historical Event on 6/24/1991

Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.