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Historical Event on 1/24/1980

J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
7/11/1957Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League.
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.