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Historical Event on 7/24/1985

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
1/19/1990Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.