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Historical Event on 7/24/1989

A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).