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Historical Event on 6/24/1989

A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.