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Historical Event on 1/24/2000

Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
12/23/1995Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.