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Historical Event on 6/24/1966

Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
8/2/1988The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.