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Historical Event on 7/24/1993

Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
4/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
6/1/1890Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur.