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Historical Event on 9/24/1999

The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.