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Historical Event on 4/24/1995

K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.