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Historical Event on 10/24/1994

The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
1/1/1949A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.