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Historical Event on 11/24/1969
Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1997 | John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
| 12/27/1998 | Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus. |
| 12/14/1998 | The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
| 5/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
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