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Historical Event on 1/24/1980
J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1926 | Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born. |
| 12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
| 1/29/1931 | Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu. |
| 10/1/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy. |
| 9/1/1978 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
| 6/9/1997 | At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
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