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Historical Event on 6/24/1961

Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
3/5/1699Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
1/8/1895Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.
4/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.