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Historical Event on 9/24/1992

Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
10/15/1918Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
6/21/1906Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.