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Historical Event on 1/24/1958

First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
7/26/1991Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.