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Historical Event on 1/24/1980
J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 11/7/1933 | Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 6/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 9/23/1967 | P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born. |
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