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Historical Event on 6/24/1990

Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
2/18/1836Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.