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Historical Event on 10/24/1995

Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
3/23/2000Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
11/19/1999New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.