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Historical Event on 6/24/1980

Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.