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Historical Event on 1/24/2000

Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.