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Historical Event on 6/24/1966

Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.