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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
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
6/18/1966California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.