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Historical Event on 9/24/1992

Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
3/5/1992ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.