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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
9/1/1887Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
5/10/1927Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.