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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
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
6/3/1993K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
1/9/1972Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.