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Historical Event on 1/24/1966

Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
3/15/1969Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa.
12/29/1949Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.