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Historical Event on 12/24/1972

Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1935Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
8/1/1990Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.
9/4/1665Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.