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Historical Event on 1/24/1966

Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
8/18/1923Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.