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Historical Event on 6/24/1990

President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
11/24/1989Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
1/2/1930Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died.
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.