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Historical Event on 7/24/1998

India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.