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Historical Event on 6/24/1991

Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
4/9/1756Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.
4/15/1975Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
4/18/1926Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.