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Historical Event on 1/24/1995

Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
11/18/1961The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa .
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.