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Historical Event on 1/24/1995

3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
10/24/1868Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.