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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
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.