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Historical Event on 7/24/1985
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 12/27/1926 | Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 6/19/2000 | Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 3/10/1940 | Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born. |
| 2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting. |
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