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Historical Event on 1/24/1999

The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
11/11/1872Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
7/20/1986Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.