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Historical Event on 2/24/1995
25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1998 | Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
| 10/17/1994 | Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
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