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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
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
11/30/1759Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
11/8/1831Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.