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Historical Event on 4/24/1980

Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1982Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
10/2/1993Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.